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United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,291,454 B2 Gossweiler, III Et Al USOO8291454B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,291,454 B2 Gossweiler, III et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 16, 2012 (54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR (56) References Cited DOWNLOADING MULTIMEDIA EVENTS SCHEDULING INFORMATION FOR DISPLAY U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5.319,452. A 6/1994 Funahashi (75) Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, 5,550,576 A 8/1996 KIONn . T25/46 Sunnyvale, CA (US); Marisa Bauer, 5,623,613 A 4/1997 Rowe et al. ................... 395.353 Fremont, CA (US); John Wayne Continued Blackburn, Newcastle, WA (US); David (Continued) S.ena EMI, Gupta, San Jose, Y. As FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Timothy Dharma Heilman, Palo Alto, EP 1126701 A1 8, 2001 CA (US); Manish Gordhan Patel, (Continued) Mountain View, CA (US); David Scott Reiss, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); OTHER PUBLICATIONS ME She Palo CS). Office Action dated Jan. 8, 2010 for related U.S. Appl. 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