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Service navigation systems and methods
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Inventors: Jerding, Dean F.;
Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (Lawrenceville, GA)
Primary Examiner: Grant; Chris
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Barnhardt, III; Hubert J., Massaroni; Kenneth M., Couturier; Shelley L.
A terminal that facilitates efficient, flexible and user-friendly navigation of a plurality of program services provided by an associated television network. The terminal may be embodied in a home communication terminal (HCT) or other suitable device externally connected to a television or monitor, or as an integral component of a television or a computer. The terminal receives a user input identifying a user selected ordering scheme for the program services provided by the associated television system. The terminal either generates a display table or utilizes a previously generated display table, which in either case maps (i.e., orders) the program services as defined by a service table according to the selected ordering scheme for browsing by the subscriber. The ordering scheme is based upon at least one service attribute of the service information, such as the short description, long description, or service application associated with each program service. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides for a terminal that facilitates efficient, flexible and user-friendly navigation of a plurality of services provided by an associated television network.
The terminal may be embodied in a home communication terminal (HCT) or other suitable device externally connected to a television or monitor, or as an integral component of a television or a computer.
The terminal receives user input identifying a user-selected ordering scheme for the services provided by the associated television system.
The terminal either generates a display table or utilizes a previously generated display table, which in either case maps (i.
e.
, orders) the services as defined by a service table according to the selected ordering scheme for browsing by the subscriber.
The ordering scheme is based upon at least one service attribute of the service information, such as the short description, long description, or service application associated with each service.
For example, a broadcast video service from The Weather Channel, Inc.
would use a "watch TV" application, have a short description of"TWC", have a long description of "The Weather Channel.
" It would then have programs for each of the shows that are broadcast throughout a day.
The present invention enables the user to select an ordering scheme of services for browsing as opposed to the system operator defining the ordering scheme.
This provides for service navigation in a manner that is not only familiar to the subscriber, but more powerful and extensible than mere channel number navigation.
In particular, the subscriber may select from two or more predefined ordering schemes that will enable the user to individually select a preferred scheme for navigating the available services.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a terminal for providing services to a user in a user-selected order, wherein each service is defined by service attributes, comprises a memory that stores a service table that relates service attributes (including the application providing the service) to each service, and a processor that receives a user inputted command identifying an ordering scheme for displaying the program services
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