Abstract: Light apparatuses including a light source generating a blue-colored light, a phosphorus filter transforming the blue-colored light into white light, and a light dispersing element receiving the light and projecting a plurality of discrete points of light onto a target surface that have been transformed into white light by the phosphorus filter. Methods for creating a plurality of discrete points of light on a target surface using a light apparatus including a light source and a phosphorus filter and a light dispersing element, including generating a light using the light source, in which the generated light is blue-colored light, transforming the light into white light by passing the light through a phosphorus filter, and causing the light to be incident on the light dispersing element, such that the light dispersing element disperses the light and creates a plurality of individual points of light on the target surface.

Abstract: A laser light apparatus including a first laser light source generating a first light having a first color, a second laser light source generating a second light having a second color, a light combining assembly configured to combine the first light and the second light to generate a combined light, and a parabolic light dispersing element receiving the combined light and projecting an output onto a target surface. The output including a plurality of discrete points of light projected onto the target surface.

Abstract: An interactive media guidance application implemented on mobile user equipment may utilize location-based services to retrieve program listings information based on a user's present location. The program listings may be retrieved in response to detecting a change in the user's location or detecting a change in the program listings information.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: An interactive media guidance application implemented on mobile user equipment may utilize location-based services to retrieve program listings information based on a user's present location. The program listings may be retrieved in response to detecting a change in the user's location or detecting a change in the program listings information.

Abstract: A system and method for using information codes for recording television programs. Information codes may be published in magazines, newspapers, and the like, much like VCR Plus+™ codes. When a user desires to record one or more television programs based on information codes, the user selects an appropriate command button on his or her input device, and enters the information code that identifies a desired filter category (e.g. an actor filter represented as “01”) followed by a desired filter identifier (e.g. Richard Gere represented as “1234”). A processor receiving the user input searches an electronic program guide database for programs matching the filter information. The identified programs are then stored in a record memory for recording at an appropriate time. The identified programs may be further displayed for verification prior to storage in the record memory. Programs recommended to the viewers may also be identified via information codes.

Abstract: A system and method for using information codes for recording television programs. Information codes may be published in magazines, newspapers, and the like, much like VCR Plus+™ codes. When a user desires to record one or more television programs based on information codes, the user selects an appropriate command button on his or her input device, and enters the information code that identifies a desired filter category (e.g. an actor filter represented as “01”) followed by a desired filter identifier (e.g. Richard Gere represented as “1234”). A processor receiving the user input searches an electronic program guide database for programs matching the filter information. The identified programs are then stored in a record memory for recording at an appropriate time. The identified programs may be further displayed for verification prior to storage in the record memory. Programs recommended to the viewers may also be identified via information codes.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or other applications. The wireless communications device may function as a remote controller for user equipment.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for granting access rights to specific media processing equipment. Such access rights may be provided to specific media processing equipment using an interactive wireless device as a backchannel. The interactive wireless device may be operative to retrieve, from an entitlement key source, an entitlement key corresponding to programming of interest and provide that entitlement key to the media processing equipment, thereby enabling the media processing equipment to access the programming of interest.