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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6020929
SERIAL NO

08974944

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A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote superimposes portions of a scroll program guide over a basic programming signal for display on the viewer's display screen. A tuner has an input for receiving TV signals in a plurality of cable channels and an output for passing a signal of any selected one of said channels. A computer has an input for receiving any of a plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote and an output for controlling the tuner to pass the signal of the selected one of the channels in response to one of the plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote. The computer receives and stores a scroll input picture image signal containing local program guide data and generates a scroll output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the scroll input picture image signal. A combiner superimposes output picture image signal over the passed signal to provide a display signal for input to the viewer's display screen. The computer is responsive to control signals from the remote to cause the combiner to change the weight of the output picture image signal in relation to the passed signal.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ROVI GUIDES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allison, Donald W Tulsa, OK 74 6510
Lemmons, Thomas R Coweta, OK 141 15117
Marshall, Connie T Muskogee, OK 88 8452

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