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Interactive television program guide with selectable langguages

A technology for interactive TV and TV programs, applied in TV, color TV, selective content distribution, etc., and can solve the problems of displaying program guide screen text, not allowing users, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-08-04
ROVI GUIDES INC
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The current program guide does not allow users to specify a single language for displaying program guide screen text (eg, help text, program list text, button labels, etc.) and playing sounds

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[0034] in the attached figure 1 An exemplary system 10 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. Host device 12 provides program guide data to interactive program guide device 17 from data source 14 via communication link 18 . Preferably, interactive program guide device 17 has many kinds of components or devices, but in order to avoid additional figure 1 Too complex Only one is shown in this figure.

[0035] Link 18 may be a satellite link, a telephone network link, a cable or fiber optic link, a microwave link, an Internet link, a combination of these or other suitable communication links. Video signals may be transmitted over link 18 if desired in addition to data signals. In general, relatively higher bandwidth links such as satellite links are preferred over relatively lower bandwidth links such as telephone lines.

[0036] The program guide data transmitted by the host device 12 to the interactive program guide device 17 may include television program data (...

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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 tract and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital tract. 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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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an interactive television program guide system, and more particularly, to an interactive television program guide system in which a user can select a desired language to play a television program and display program guide display screen text. Background technique [0002] Cable (fiber optic), satellite, and broadcast television systems provide television viewers with many television channels. Traditionally, users have had printed reference television listings in hand to determine which programs to air at a particular time. More recently, interactive television program guides have been developed that allow the display of television program information on a user's television. [0003] The interactive television program guide enables users to browse television program listings using a remote control device. In a typical program guide, different sets of television program listings are displayed in predetermined or user-de...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04B1/16H04H20/00H04N5/445H04N5/60H04N5/85H04N7/025H04N7/03H04N7/035H04N7/088H04N7/10H04N7/16
CPCH04N5/607H04N7/0885H04N21/4856H04N7/0887H04N5/44513H04N7/088H04N21/84H04N5/44543H04N7/0884H04N21/47
Inventor 迈克尔·D·埃利斯W·本杰明·赫林顿史蒂文·C·威廉姆森凯文·B·伊斯特布鲁克乔舒亚·A·罗森特霍尔戴维·M·鲁德尼克
Owner ROVI GUIDES INC