Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as television screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 1999
Date of Patent:
July 17, 2001
Assignee:
Star Sight
Inventors:
Steven M. Schein, Sean A. O'Brien, James Jay Leftwich, Susan Broughton