US Patent No: 7,877,769
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals
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Jan 25, 2011
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Apr 17, 2001
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09/835,559
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Abstract
Disclosed is a type of meta data structure that provides data and/or or a link to such data that is used by an EPG generator in a DTV receiver to display visually-compelling information about an event. Such information can include: an icon associated with the broadcaster of the event and/or the source of the event; a graphic representing a rating of potentially-objectionable content in the event; a still image representative of or having a relation to the event; a video excerpt of or having a relation to the event; an advertisement related to the event, its broadcaster and/or its source; etc.
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