Interactive television program guide system having multiple devices within a household
Abstract
An interactive television program guide system based on a plurality of user television equipment devices (44, 60-63, 66-69, 80-83, 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 106109, 109A and 109B, 413, 414) in which a plurality of interactive television program guides are implemented, characterized: because the plurality of user interactive television equipment devices (44, 60-63, 66-69, 80-83, 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 106-109, 109A and 109B, 413, 414) are located in a single private home; and because the plurality of user television equipment devices (44, 60-63, 66-69, 8083, 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 106-109, 109A and 109B, 413, 414) are interconnected by communication paths (64, 70, 85, 99, 405, 415, 700); and because the plurality of user television equipment devices (44, 60-63, 66-69, 8083, 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 106-109, 109A and 109B, 413, 414) are configured to : provide an opportunity for a user to adjust the program guide settings with a given guide of the plurality of interactive television program guides; and configured to coordinate the operation of the plurality of interactive television program guides, so that the plurality of interactive television program guides conform to the given guide of the plurality of interactive television program guides that are used in less in another guide of the plurality of interactive television program guides during the operation of the plurality of interactive program guides.

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Titles2
- Spanish
- SISTEMA DE GUIA DE PROGRAMAS DE TELEVISION INTERATIVA QUE TIENEN MULTIPLES DISPOSITIVOS EN UN DOMICILIO PARTICULAR.
- English
- GUIDE SYSTEM OF INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE DEVICES IN A PARTICULAR ADDRESS.
Classification
- CPC, 25
- H04N21/4227
- H04N21/431
- H04N7/106
- H04N7/163
- H04N7/17318
- H04N21/43615
- H04N21/4532
- H04N21/47214
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- H04N21/485
- H04N21/4856
- H04N21/4882
- H04N21/47
- H04N21/42204
- H04N21/44224
- H04N21/84
- H04N21/4345
- IPC, 18
- H04N21 431
- H04N5 44
- H04N5 445
- H04N7 16
- H04N7 173
- H04N21 4227
- H04N21 436
- H04N21 442
- H04N21 45
- H04N21 472
- H04N21 475
- H04N21 478
- H04N21 4782
- H04N21 4786
- H04N21 4788
- H04N21 482
- H04N21 485
- H04N21 488