Patent · US Expired

Database for use in method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text

US6028599A · kind A · utility

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30Claims

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Inventors

Henry C. Yuen · Redondo Beach, US
Daniel S. Kwoh · Tustin, US
Roy J. Mankovitz · Calabasas, US
Elsie Y. Leung · South Pasadena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 1996
Grant date	Feb 22, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/47
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A database consisting of inventive data structures is used to facilitate the creation of electronic program guides when used with a television program schedule system. The database is periodically updated with television program schedule information and is interrogated by a schedule system in order to create program guides.

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