Systems and methods for providing a program as a gift using an interactive application
a technology of interactive applications and programs, applied in the field of television message systems, can solve the problems of difficult to locate the computer in the living room, the arrangement is awkward to view, and the user cannot easily view the traditional e-mail message system in a way that is convenient for users to use,
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[0050] An illustrative television message system 10 in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 1A. Main facility 12 may contain a program guide database 14 for storing program guide information such as television program guide listings data, pay-per-view ordering information, etc. Database 14 allows system 10 to support an interactive television program guide if desired. Although the television message features of the present invention may be provided using a television message system without a program guide, certain aspects of the invention will be described primarily in the context of an interactive television program guide system configuration for specificity and clarity.
[0051] Information from database 14 may be transmitted to television distribution facility 16 via communications link 18. Link 18 may be a satellite link, a telephone network link, a fiber optic link, a cable link, a microwave link, a combination of such links, or any other suitable communications...
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