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Electronic Television Program Guide with Remote Product Ordering 111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 US006275268Bl (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,275,268 Bl Ellis et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 14,2001 (54) ELECTRONIC TELEVISION PROGRAM 4,937,863 6/1990 Robert et a!. ............................ 380/4 GUIDE WITH REMOTE PRODUCT (List continued on next page.) ORDERING FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: Michael Dean Ellis, Boulder; Bruce Davis, Greenwood Village; Edward WO 14282 6/1994 (WO) .............................. H04N/7/16 Bruce Knudson, Littleton; Larry WO 14283 6/1994 (WO) .............................. H04N/7/16 Miller, Greenwood Village, all of CO (List continued on next page.) (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Brugliera, V., "Digital On-Screen Display A New Technol­ (73) Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc., Tulsa, ogy for the Consumer Interface", Proceedings of the 18th OK (US) International Television Symposium and Technical Exhibi­ tion, Jun. 1993, pp. 571-586. ( *) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (List continued on next page.) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. Primary Examiner-Michael H. Lee (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Fish & Neave (57) ABSTRACT (21) Appl. No.: 09/368,198 An electronic program schedule system with product order­ ing capability which includes a data processor for receiving (22) Filed: Aug. 4, 1999 program schedule information for a plurality of programs, and a user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, for generating user control commands and transmitting signals Related U.S. Application Data to the data processor in response thereto. The television program schedule information is displayed on a display (63) Continuation of application No. 08/428,809, filed on Apr. apparatus such as a television receiver. A video display 24, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. generator receives video control commands from the data 08/247,101, filed on May 20, 1994, now Pat. No. 5,781,246, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/119, processor and program schedule information and displays a 367, filed on Sep. 9, 1993. portion of the program schedule information on the receiver. The program schedule information indicates the availability (51) Int. Cl? .............................. H04N 5/50; H04N 5/445 of a product or service for certain of the programs included (52) U.S. Cl. .......................... 348/564; 348/906; 348/570; in the program information, wherein the product or service 725/40; 725/60 is associated with the program, such as a program transcript (58) Field of Search ..................................... 348/570, 569, or videocassette. The viewer utilizes the remote control 348/563, 564, 906, 460, 461, 463-468, apparatus to generate a first command for displaying infor­ 731, 732, 734, 473, 474; 725/40, 45, 47, mation on the receiver describing the product or service, and 56, 42, 44, 51, 60, 61; 455/186.1, 186.2; a second command for placing an order for the product or H04N 5!50, 5/445 service. The data processor receives the user control com­ mands and in response to the first command causes the video (56) References Cited display generator to display information describing the product or service and in response to the second command U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS generates an order for the product or service. 4,706,121 11/1987 Young .................................. 358/142 4,905,094 2/1990 Pocock ................................. 358/342 53 Claims, 60 Drawing Sheets ~ ~(TODAY 9:00PM)~ ~ 2KWGN Gorillas in the Mist (7-9p) i [!] 4KCNC ER (9-10p) 5SHO Full Metal Jacket (7:35-9:35p) 40/:fr [!_] 6KRMA Mystery! (8-9:30p) 7KMGH 48 Hours (9-10p) 9KUSA Day One (9-10) 11 REQ1 Beverly Hills Cop Ill (9-11 p) 4ot~'kw 12 KBDI Freedom Speaks (9-10p) ~ US 6,275,268 Bl Page 2 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,727,163 3/1998 Bezos ................................... 395/227 5,960,411 9/1999 Hartman eta!. ....................... 705/26 4,977,455 12/1990 Young .................................. 358/142 6,016,141 1!2000 Knudson et a!. .................... 345/327 4,991,011 2/1991 Johnson eta!. ...................... 358/141 4,992,940 2/1991 Dworkin .............................. 364/401 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,038,211 8/1991 Hallenbeck .......................... 358/142 5,077,607 12/1991 Johnson et a!. ........................ 358/86 wo 14284 6/1994 (WO) .............................. H04N/7/16 5,204,897 4/1993 Wyman .................................... 380/4 wo 32583 11/1995 (WO) ............................ H04N/5/445 5,208,665 5/1993 McCalley et a!. ..................... 358/86 wo 32585 11/1995 (WO) .............................. H04N/7/10 5,210,611 5/1993 Yee et a!. .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 358/191.1 wo 95/30961 11/1995 (WO) ............................. G06F/17/60 5,260,999 11/1993 Wyman .................................... 384/4 wo 09721 3/1996 (WO) ............................ H04N/7/025 5,323,234 6/1994 Kawasaki ................................. 348/6 wo 96/07270 3/1996 (WO) ............................ H04N/5/445 5,325,423 6/1994 Lewis ..................................... 379/90 wo 96/21990 7/1996 (WO) . 5,343,239 8/1994 Lappington eta!. .................. 348/12 wo 96/38799 12/1996 (WO) ............................. G06F/17/60 5,353,121 10/1994 Young et a!. ........................ 348/563 OTHER PUBLICATIONS 5,357,276 10/1994 Banker et a!. ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... 348/7 5,404,393 4/1995 Remillard . ... .... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... 379/96 Cox, J., et al., "Extended Services in a Digital Compression 5,412,720 5/1995 Roarty ................................... 380/15 System", Proceedings From Eleven Technical Sessions of 5,416,508 5/1995 Sakuma eta!. .......................... 348/3 5,583,560 12/1996 Florin et a!. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... 348/7 42nd Annual Convention and Exposition of theNat' l Cable 5,585,866 12/1996 Miller et a!. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... 348/731 Television Association, Jun. 1993, pp. 185-191. 5,589,892 12/1996 Knee et a!. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... 348/731 Markowitz, Arthur, "Companies Jump on the Bandwagon", 5,592,551 1!1997 Lett et a!. ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .. 380/20 Discount News, Dec. 6, 1993, p. 4. 5,619,274 4/1997 Roop et a!. .......................... 348/461 "Technology: Turn on, tune in and print out-An Experi­ 5,627,940 5/1997 Rohra et a!. ........................... 395/12 mental interactive television service is set to alter our 5,640,501 6/1997 Turpin .................................. 395/768 viewing habits", Financial Times (London), Oct. 14, 1993, 5,640,577 6/1997 Scharmer ............................. 395/768 5,664,111 9/1997 Nahan eta!. .......................... 705/27 p. 11. 5,715,314 2/1998 Payne et a!. ........................... 380/24 Sussman, Ann, "GTE tunes in to home TV shopping", PC 5,715,399 2/1998 Bezos . ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... .... .. 395/227 Week, Jun. 28, 1988, p. 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