This invention relates to the Internet, and more particularly, to techniques for reminding a user via electronic mail (e-mail) of scheduled television programs displayed on an Internet television program guide.
Cable, satellite, and broadcast television systems provide viewers with a large number of television channels. Viewers have traditionally had to consult preprinted television program listings to determine which programs were scheduled to be broadcast on a particular day and at a particular time. Technological advances have allowed more convenient and advanced program guide services to be developed. For example, passive television-based program guides have been developed that allow television viewers to view television program listings directly on their television sets. In addition, interactive television program guide services have been developed that allow a service provider to deliver television program listings data to a user's set-top box. An interactive program guide application in the set-top box allows the user to display the television program listings on the user's television set. More recently, television program guide systems have been developed that provide television program listings over the Internet.
With such an Internet television program guide system, users with personal computers or integrated personal computers and televisions (PC/TVS) can obtain television program listings on-line. In addition, the users of Internet television program guides are able to view promotional video clips, interview segments, audio clips, and other multimedia material related to a given television program.
Although Internet television program guides provide users with a number of useful features, users are still faced with the problem of missing the television programs that they desire to watch because of not remembering when the program is to be broadcast on television. Users must often refer back to the program listings to determine when desired programs are to air.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a way to remind users of Internet television program guides when certain television programs are to be aired.
This and other objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the present invention by providing an Internet television program guide electronic-mail (e-mail) reminder system. The system sends e-mail messages to users to remind the users when selected television programs are to be aired.
Television program information and related data for an Internet television program guide are provided to a web server from a computer system which may be maintained by a service provider. The web server provides this information to the user's multimedia system via an Internet communications link. The user's multimedia system may include a personal computer, an integrated personal computer and television, or an Internet capable set-top box and a television.
The program information and related data are preferably provided to the user's multimedia system in the form of one or more web pages. Program guide listings may be displayed in a grid format organized in channel order from top to bottom and by broadcast time from left to right. Web browser cursors allow the user to scroll through the listings to locate programs at different times in the day or different days in the month.
If a user selects a program or pay-per-view event from the program listings, additional information related to the program or event may be displayed in a program information box. In addition to viewing further information on the program selected, the user may order an e-mail reminder message to remind the user when the selected program will be broadcast. Options are provided that allow the user to determine when and how many messages will be generated and received. Before the scheduled broadcast time of each selected program, the system sends an e-mail message to the user that reminds the user of the program.
If desired, the user may order e-mail reminder messages without first viewing the program listings. This may be accomplished by directly entering the title of a television program for which reminders are to be ordered. This approach is useful when the user knows the program title and does not wish to consult the program listings or when the user knows the program title but does not know the location of the program in the program listings.
The user may also view a list of all currently requested e-mail reminders. Information such as the program name, type of e-mail reminder, and the date and time the request was submitted may be displayed on the list for each reminder. Entries may be added to the current reminder list as soon as the user submits a new request. In addition, the user may cancel reminder entries if the user no longer wishes to be reminded of that program.
In another aspect of the invention, e-mail reminder messages may be ordered and generated to remind a user when scheduled pay-per-view programs will be broadcast.
In yet another aspect of the invention, e-mail reminders may be ordered and generated based on other preferences which the user can specify.
Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiments.
An Internet television program guide system 10 in accordance with the present invention is shown in
Media library 12 and data server 14 may be interconnected with transmission server 16 via internal network 18. Media library 12, data server 14, network 18, and transmission server 16 make up computer system 19. Television program information may be stored on data server 14 in a relational database format and may be stored on transmission server 16 in an object-oriented database format. A building process may be used to periodically (e.g., once a day) build a temporary data set of television program information (e.g., a seven-day to one-month data set) for storage on transmission server 16. Transmission server 16 may receive information for the Internet television program guide service such as weather data, sports scores, etc., via data input 17.
Television program information and related data may be transferred from transmission server 16 to web server 20 via communications link 22. Communications link 22 may be part of an internal network or may be a standard dedicated communications link. Web server 20 may be connected to the Internet 24 via communications link 26. Communications link 26 is preferably a telephone line or other suitable Internet communications path.
If transmission server 16 and web server 20 are separate devices, as shown in
Web server 20 uses standard protocols such as the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and hypertext transfer protocol to make the television program information available over the Internet 24 to users at various multimedia systems such as multimedia systems 28, 30, and 32 via communications links 34, 36, and 38. Communications links 34, 36, and 38 are Internet links formed from telephone lines, radio-frequency (RF) links, cable modem links, satellite dish links, combinations of links such as these, or any other suitable Internet connection paths.
Multimedia system 28 has personal computer 40 with Internet access provided via Internet communications link 34.
Multimedia system 30 has an integrated personal computer and television 46, such as the Gateway 2000 Destination® PC-TV hybrid available from Gateway 2000 Inc. of North Sioux City, S. Dak. Television signals are provided at input 48. Internet access is provided via Internet communications link 36.
Multimedia system 32 has an Internet capable set-top box 50. Set-top box 50 may use the TV OnLine® set-top box application software of WorldGate Corporation, which may be implemented on set-top boxes such as the CFT-2200® of General Instrument Corporation of Hatboro, Pa. and the 8600x® of Scientific Atlanta of Atlanta, Ga. Set-top box 50 receives television signals via input 52. Internet access is provided via Internet communications link 38. Video display signals containing television and Internet information are provided to television 54 via path 56.
During operation of system 10, certain data processing functions, such as user-initiated searches and sorts, are typically performed on web server 20. If desired, such functions can be performed on a suitable data processing component in multimedia system 28, 30, or 32.
A typical Internet television program guide system display that may be provided using systems 28, 30, and 32 is shown in
Another component of display 218 is program information box 236. When the user has selected a program or pay-per-view event from program listings 220, additional information related to the program or event is displayed in program information box 236. For example, the user has clicked on the entry “Primal Fear” in program listings 220 of
Another component of program information box 236 is e-mail reminder box 235. This box is displayed concurrently with program information box 236 whenever the user has selected a program or event from program listings 220. If e-mail reminder box 235 is selected, the user is presented with an e-mail reminder page such as e-mail reminder page 410 of
Fields 414 and 418 of e-mail reminder page 410 allows the user to enter the name and e-mail address, respectively, of the person the e-mail reminder message is to be sent to. If desired, the user's name and e-mail address may be automatically entered in fields 414 and 418 based on information previously provided to the system (e.g., information provided when the user registered with the Internet television program guide service).
If the user is browsing program listings from a computer located at the user's office, the user may wish to have e-mail reminders addressed to his home (i.e., using his personal Internet access account and the e-mail address for the multimedia system at home). Alternatively, the user may wish to have e-mail reminders sent to an office e-mail address. If the user has a common e-mail address for both home and the office, e-mail reminders may be accessed at either location. If desired, the system may provide more than one field 418 (e.g., field 421) so that e-mail reminders may be sent to more than one e-mail address.
E-mail reminder page 410 may provide several user-selectable options that specify when and how often the user will be reminded of the airing of selected television programs. For example, e-mail reminder page 410 may contain remind me box 424. Selecting an option in remind me box 424 allows the user to specify how often the system will generate and send a reminder message for the user. As shown in
E-mail reminder page 410 of
Upon completing page 510 of
The options the user selects in boxes 424 and 430 of page 410 determine, respectively, how often and when e-mail reminder messages will be sent. For example, a user may select a program from program listings 220 (
At any time during the completion of e-mail reminder screen 410 (
Upon completing reminder screen 410, the user may submit a reminder order for processing by selecting submit box 440. Selecting submit box 440 directs the user's multimedia system 28, 30, or 32 of
A typical e-mail reminder message is shown in
Another aspect of the invention relates to managing one's reminders. If desired, e-mail reminder page 410 of
For example, a current reminder entry for the program “Primal Fear” may be displayed as shown in
Another way that the user may reach e-mail reminder page 410 of
Another component of display 218 is new reminders box 231. New reminders box 231, which may be adjacent to the program navigation controls of display 218, allows the user to order e-mail reminder messages without using program listings 220. If new reminders box 231 is selected, the user is presented with new reminders page 810 of
If the user does not enter the exact title of the television program in new reminders screen 810, the data of program listings 220 or any other suitable set of television program listings data may be scanned to find the program or programs that most closely match the program title indicated by the user. If several matches are found, a list of the program matches may be presented to the user and the user may choose the actual program desired. Once the user has chosen a program from the list, the program title in box 818 may be automatically updated.
The user may exit new reminders screen 810 at any time by clicking on exit button 880. Selecting exit button 880 will return the user to display 218 of
Upon completing new reminders screen 810, the user may submit the reminder order for processing by selecting submit box 840. Selecting submit box 840 allows program guide system 10 (
The user may reach current reminders page 710 of
E-mail reminder messages may also be ordered and generated to remind the user of when scheduled pay-per-view programs will be broadcast. Program information page 240 of
Program information page 240 of
As shown in
The user may request an e-mail reminder message for the selected pay-per-view event by clicking on e-mail reminder button 377. When the user selects e-mail reminder button 377, the user is presented with e-mail reminder screen 410 of
The way in which pay-per-view event orders are processed depends on the particular hardware used to deliver such services to the user. In system 10 of
If program information page 240 of
The user may also access e-mail reminder page 410 and order an e-mail pay-per-view event reminder by selecting e-mail reminder button 377 from pay-per-view order page 336 (
E-mail reminder page 410 allows the user to submit an e-mail reminder order as well as specify the type of message desired (i.e., when and how many messages are to be sent). The user may submit an e-mail reminder order by selecting submit button 440 (
When the user is at program guide menu page 218, selecting new reminders button 231 takes the user to new reminders page 810 (
In another aspect of the invention, the user may enter other e-mail reminder preferences by clicking on user preference profile button 244, as shown in
A typical customized e-mail reminder message is shown in
In addition, the user may receive the information displayed in the customized e-mail reminder message of
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the principles of this invention and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/987,740 filed Dec. 9, 1997 now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/938,028, filed Sep. 18, 1997 now abandoned, which are incorporated herein in their entireties.
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