Inventors:
David McElhatten - Marina Del Rey CA, US
Steven Johnson - Pasadena CA, US
Robert Benya - Breezy Point NY, US
Robert B. Golden - Riverside CT, US
James W. Kasanin - Brooklyn NY, US
Assignee:
Time Warner Interactive Video Group Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
H04H 1/00
US Classification:
455 304, 725 44, 725 58, 725 22
Abstract:
In a broadband communications system, e. g. , a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc. , in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.