Patent №
US 6,828,993
Granted
2004-12-07
Filed 2000
Owner
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09643722
A viewer interface for a television program delivery system is described. The innovation relates to methods and devices for viewer pathways to television programs. Specifically, the interface involves hardware and software used in conjunction with a television at the viewer home to create a user friendly menu based approach to television program access. The device is particularly useful in a program delivery system with hundreds of programs and a data signal carrying program information. The disclosure describes menu generation and menu selection of television programs.
AI classification
Ownership
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
assignment · 113150139
Assignors
HENDRICKS, JOHN S., BONNER, ALFRED E., BERKOBIN, ERIC C.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.