公开(公告)号：US20020040476A1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-04

申请号：US09966303

申请日：2001-09-28

Applicant: PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC.

Inventor： Matthew Whitehead

IPC: H04N007/173 ,  G06F003/00 ,  H04N005/445 ,  G06F013/00

CPC classification number: H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/4221 ,  H04N21/42661 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8549

Abstract: The invention to which this application relates is to improvements in electronic programme guides (EPG) which are service provided, in digital broadcast data television systems, to users of the system to indicate to the user the programmes available for selection at the instant of viewing or in the future. The invention provides additional useful and practical information relating to a user selected programme in the form of video and/or audio and/or auxiliary information via an on-screen display.

Abstract translation: 本申请涉及的发明是改进电子节目指南（EPG），其是在数字广播数据电视系统中向系统的用户提供的服务，以向用户指示在观看时刻可用于选择的节目或 在将来。 本发明通过屏幕显示以视频和/或音频和/或辅助信息的形式提供与用户选择的节目相关的附加有用和实用信息。