Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for delivering and displaying information for a multi-layer user interface
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Application No.: US11762868Application Date: 2007-06-14
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Publication No.: US08443387B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , John P. Comito
- Applicant: Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , John P. Comito
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Merchant & Gould
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445

Abstract:
Techniques for transmitting multiple “slices” of information for a particular location of a user interface, which can be used to present more information to a viewer for a limited-size viewing area. Multiple slices can be associated with a particular slice location of a user interface. In a first slice delivery and presentation scheme, multiple slices for a particular location of an interactive program guide (IPG) page are transmitted from the head-end at different times, and the slices can be appropriately time stamped for presentation at the designated times. In a second scheme, multiple slices are concurrently transmitted for a particular location of an IPG page, and one of the multiple slices can be selected for processing and display. In a third scheme, one slice is transmitted for each slice location, and additional slices can be transmitted for a particular location upon receiving a request from the terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070283390A1 Method and Apparatus for Delivering and Displaying Information for a Multi-Layer User Interface Public/Granted day:2007-12-06
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