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Telecasting service for providing video programs on demand with an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs
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Inventors: Billock, John K.; Cuttner, Craig D.; Dowdell, Kevin C.; Flanagan, Elizabeth B.; Granger, James E.; Hsu, Henry C.; Martin, Robert I. M.; May, Robert; Peck, Nicolas; Pontecorvo, Michael S.; Probst, Bruce E.; Rosenberg, Marc D.; Smul, Debra R.; Wilkinson, De
Assignee: Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Faile; Andrew
Assistant Examiner: Brown; Reuben
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fish & Neave, Tuma; Gary J.
A telecasting service is provided that offers video programs upon viewer demand, and which includes an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs. The interactive interface allows the viewer to scan through a list of video programs available on the demand telecasting service. The interactive interface also provides the viewer with still images, full-motion previews, and textual descriptions of the available programs. The demand telecasting service distinguishes subscribers from non-subscribers, and provides an interactive facility for allowing non-subscribers to subscribe to the system. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of this invention to provide a demand telecasting service which allows a viewer to select a video program from a plurality of available programs, and which telecasts the selected program substantially at the time the viewer makes the program selection.
It is also an object of this invention to provide a telecasting service that includes an interactive interface which allows a viewer to review a list of available video programs and which facilitates the viewer's selection of a desired program.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a telecasting service that allows a viewer to preview a segment of a video program before viewing the entire video program.
It is even a further object of this invention to provide a telecasting service that distinguishes subscribers from non-subscribers, which allows even non-subscribers to preview a segment of a video program, but allows only subscribers to view the entire video program.
In accordance with this invention, there is provided a demand telecasting service for telecasting video programs for display on a television or other suitable video display.
The demand telecasting service allows a viewer to select from among a plurality of programs that are available substantially at the time of viewer selection.
The demand telecasting service provides an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of a program.
The interactive interface includes a memory for storing a list of available programs and a segment of each program in the list, a display generator for displaying the list on the display, and a viewer control unit that is used by the viewer to select one of the programs on the list, to initiate display of the selected program, and to initiate display of one of the segments corresponding to the selected program.
After selecting one of the programs from the list and before initiating display of the selected program, the viewer can preview the selected program by initiating display of the segment corresponding to the selected program
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