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Aprogrom Listings (BMY TV U.S US007 174126B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,174,126 B2 McElhatten et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 6, 2007 (54) TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVELY (58) Field of Classification Search .................. 725/38, ACCESSING PROGRAMMING LISTING 725/44, 22, 58; 455/3.01, 3.04 INFORMATION IN AN ENTERTAINMENT See application file for complete search history. DELIVERY SYSTEM (56) References Cited (75) Inventors: David McElhatten, Marina Del Rey, U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS CA (US); Steven Johnson, Pasadena, CA (US); Robert Benya, Breezy Point, 5,850,218 A * 12/1998 LaJoie et al. ................. 725/45 6.792,616 B1* 9/2004 Jerding et al. ................ 725/38 NY (US); Robert B. Golden, Riverside, 2003/0149988 A1* 8, 2003 Ellis et al. .................... 725/87 CT (US); James W. Kasanin, 2004/0250279 A1* 12/2004 Billmaier et al. ............. 7.25/52 Brooklyn, NY (US) 2004/0261.098 A1* 12/2004 Macrae et al. ................ 725/31 (73) Assignee: Time Warner Interactive Video * cited by examiner Group Inc., Stamford, CT (US) Primary Examiner Quochien B. Vuong (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Assistant Examiner—Angelica Perez patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Michael P. Straub; Straub U.S.C. 154(b) by 291 days. and Pokotylo (21) Appl. No.: 10/430,161 (57) ABSTRACT (22) Filed: May 5, 2003 In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable sys tem, programming content can be readily reserved and (65) Prior Publication Data accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a US 2003/0220100 A1 Nov. 27, 2003 network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such pro Related U.S. Application Data gramming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/302.550, recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may filed on Nov. 22, 2002. or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, (60) Provisional application No. 60/377,963, filed on May the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may 3, 2002. also do so remotely from the terminal through a communi cations network Such as, the Internet, a public Switched (51) Int. Cl. telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, H04H IMO (2006.01) etc. (52) U.S. Cl. ......................... 455/3.04; 725/44; 725/58; 725/22 18 Claims, 38 Drawing Sheets O4. k2 WNBC LOW and Order 10:00 - 11:00pm Goren and Eames investigate the Sudden death of a bonker in his 90th floor apartment. TW-4. Fri. 6/1 10:00pm 10:30pm WCBS 2 BASEBALL - NY METS AT LA DODGERS 1060 WZZZ 5 Shopping Shopping ...ON. & Or WPIX 5 NEWS WABC 7 Who wants to be Who wants to be A Millionaire A Millionoire AProgrom Listings (BMY TV U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 1 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 2 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIG. 3 500 303 506 509 DESTINATION REQUEST DATA ORIGINATION U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 3 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIG. 4 403 READ RECEIVED REQUEST TO LEARN TSIDs, IDENTITY OF REQUESTED PROGRAM MATERIAL AND ORIGINATION ADDRESS 406 SELECT TRANSPORT STREAM AMONG THOSE IDENTIFIED BY RECEIVED TSIDS A.08 IDENTIFY CARRIER CARRYING SELECTED TRANSPORT STREAM 409 DETERMINE PROGRAM ID IDENTIFYING PROGRAM STREAM REPRESENTING REQUESTED PROGRAM MATERIAL 412 COMMUNICATE TO MEDIA PROCESSOR FIRST MESSAGE A 415 SEND SECOND MESSAGE RESPONSIVE TO RECEIVED REQUEST TO SET-TOP TERMINAL FIG. 5 C C, (M- CM CF, CF, CF C, FREoveNCY 350 750 (MHz) FIC. 6 READ RECEIVED PAUSE MESSAGE 605 CAUSE CURRENT TRANSMISSION OF PROGRAM 606 MATERIAL TO SET-TOP TERMINAL TO BE HALTED RETRIEVE RECORD ASSOCATED WITH TERMINAL 609 NOTE IN RECORD THAT TRANSMISSION OF PROGRAM 612 MATERIAL TO TERMINAL HAS BEEN HALTED U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 4 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIG. 7 READ RECEIVED REWIND MESSAGE 703 RETRIEVE RECORD ASSOCIATED WITH 706 SET-TOP TERMINAL RETRIEVE REWIND TRICK FILE 709 ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM IDENTIFY I-FRAME IN REWIND TRICK FILE 72 READ ARRAY OF IDENTIFIERS OF I-FRAMES IN REWIND 715 TRICK FILE STARTING FROM THAT OF IDENTIFIED I-FRAME CAUSE PROGRAM MATERIAL CORRESPONDING TO I-FRAME IDENTIFIERS AS READ, TO BE RETRIEVED, AND TO BE 718 TRANSMITTED IN TRANSPORT STREAM TO TERMINAL FIG. B READ RECEIVED FAST-FORWARD MESSAGE 803 RETRIEVE RECORD ASSOCIATED WITH SET-TOP TERMINAL 806 RETRIEVE FAST-FORWARD TRICK 809 FILE ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM IDENTIFY I-FRAME IN FAST-FORWARD TRICK FILE 812 READ ARRAY OF IDENTIFIERS OF I-FRAMES IN FAST-FORWARD 815 TRICK FILE STARTING FROM THAT OF IDENTIFIED I-FRAME - CAUSE PROGRAM MATERIAL CORRESPONDING TO I-FRAME IDENTIFIERS AS READ, TO BE RETRIEVED, AND TO BE 818 TRANSMITTED IN TRANSPORT STREAM TO TERMINAL U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 5 Of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIC. 9 /so 970 960 990 985b 985 987 985-2 985 s V CAp OWOW CSSAR 9& U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 6 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIG. 1 O 5010 PROGRAM MARKED TO INDICATE RESERVATION 5020 5040 DOES PAST RELATED USER WANT TO RESERVE ALL PROGRAMS MARKED PAST RELATED PROGRAMS FOR RESERVATION PROGRAM(S) ACCESSIBLE TO 5030 USER FOR PREDETERMINED TIME HAS ACCESS TO PROGRAM BEEN ON RESERVE PROGRAM FOR PREDETERMINED TIME MAINTAINED YES SEND MESSAGE TO USER THAT 5060 PROGRAM NO LONGER AWAILABLE OFFER USER OPPORTUNITY TO 5070 ARCHIVE RESERVED PROGRAM U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 7 Of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 80(III^VJ30) 'TONI)TT;Gy99 (SIWRd} U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 8 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 @ FIZE(Z^IZZI.IKITU SSNo. ON SI U.S. Patent 9 126 B2 U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 11 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIC, 16 600 PROGRAM BROADCASTED PROGRAM RECORDED 6O20 ATHEADEND PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO 6030 USERS FOR PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME 6040 HAS PREDETERMINED TIME PROGRAM AVAILABILITY ELAPSED MAINTAINED 6050 PROGRAM NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO USERS 195 92 PROGRAM GUIDE SERVER WEB INTERFACE U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 12 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 5710 FIC. 16 PROGRAM IS SELECTED FOR RESERVATION 5715 IS CHANNEL NO SUBSCRIPTION-BASED IS USER A SUBSCRIBER SUBSCRIPTION DOES USER AGREEMENT IS WANT TO BECOME A YES AUTHORIZED AND MESSAGE THAT FEE SUBSCRIBER ASSESSED IS 5725 DISPLAYED MULTIPLE EPISODES TO BE YES RESERVED p ONLY SINGLE, EPISODE ONE EPISODE TO BE RESERVATION FEE RESERVED IS ASSESSED PROCEED TO 5315 OF MULTIPLE EPISODE FIG, 12 FOR CURRENT RESERVATION FEE IS PROGRAM, 5420 OF FIG. 13 ASSESSED FOR PAST PROGRAM, 5515 OF FIG. 14 FOR FUTURE PROGRAM PROCEED TO 562O OF FIG. U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 14 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 04 Low Ond Order 10:00 - 11:00pm Goren Ond Eames investigate the Sudden degth of a bonker in his 90th floor apartment, TV-14, 4....WNBC.10:11 orh. WCBS 2 BASEBALL - NY METS AT LA DODGERS 1060 iCW& Order: NEWS WPIX 5 NEWS Seinfeld A MYTV (C)SeOrch U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 15 Of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 V02ºf)I„H U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 16 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 000|| U.S. Patent US 7,174,126 B2 002ºf)I,H. U.S. Patent US 7,174,126 B2 /2"f)I,H. U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 19 Of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 AlVII[5]ºpinºW 0|| U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 20 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 | suondo LAINNITT — U.S. Patent Feb. 6, 2007 Sheet 22 of 38 US 7,174,126 B2 FIG. 26 HBO 50 Al Doy All the best from HBO, available anytime! 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