Patent ID: 8973056
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for using an interactive program guide system in which an interactive program guide application is at least partially implemented on user equipment of a user, comprising: implementing a plurality of non-program-guide applications that each provides an interactive component, wherein each of the non-program-guide applications runs on a processor of the user equipment separately from the interactive program guide application; storing an application program interface that allows the plurality of non-program-guide applications to use program guide functions of the interactive program guide application when providing the interactive component to the user; activating an option within the interactive program guide application to schedule a reminder to access the interactive component from at least one of the non-program-guide applications; launching the at least one of the non-program-guide applications with the interactive program guide application; and calling the application program interface from the at least one of the non-program-guide applications to provide the interactive component using one of the program guide functions.