Method and apparatus for providing program oriented information in a multiple station broadcast system

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5596373
SERIAL NO

08369673

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

An innovative but easy to use on-line program list is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch or to watch in the future. Unlike prior art television guides, the present invention presents a program list that is oriented according to the program instead of the channel. In particular, the program list provides program information and the times the program is broadcasted the displayed timeframe. This is particularly useful for viewing in one simple and easy-to-read format the start times of a pay-per-view program, which may, for example, be broadcasted every 1/2 hour over a variety of channels.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO
SONY ELECTRONICS INC1 SONY DRIVE PARK RIDGE NJ 07656

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akaike, Kazuhiko Tokyo, JP 3 857
Noguchi, Fujio Ridgewood, NJ 18 1174
Schaffer, Mark Hackensack, NJ 11 752
White, Gail K Hackensack, NJ 2 928

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation