INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE WITH SELECTABLE LANGUAGES

Patent №

US 8,479,233

Granted

2013-07-02

Filed 2011

Owner

UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.

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Lab

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AI components

nlp

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13043950

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An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users.

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Natural language1.00

Evolutionary computation0.16

Vision0.02

AI hardware0.01

Machine learning0.00

Speech0.00

Knowledge representation0.00

Planning0.00

Ownership

UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.

assignment · 259270992

TV GUIDE, INC.

merger · 356490536

ROVI GUIDES, INC.

merger · 356490543

UV CORP.

merger · 356490557

Assignors

ELLIS, MICHAEL D., HERRINGTON, W. BENJAMIN, WILLIAMSON, STEVEN C., EASTERBROOK, KEVIN B., ROSENTHOL, JOSHUA A., RUDNICK, DAVID M.

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