Patent ID: 6813776
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for providing a scheduling function to the recipient of a multimedia presentation independent of any Electronic Program Guide, said method comprising steps of:communicating program scheduling information to a multimedia broadcast processing device, said scheduling information integrated within and presented during said multimedia broadcast presentation from a broadcast location; determining whether said program scheduling information was received at said processing device, extracting said program scheduling information if it was received, and placing said program scheduling information in a data queue; notifying a user of availability of said program scheduling information for programming of a future presentation; said user making a selection to schedule a future program or an event according to said program scheduling information received; and processing said selection according to contents of said program scheduling information so that said Processing device automatically tunes to a selected program at a subsequent scheduled time according to a user preference, wherein program scheduling functionality is performed without need for communication back to a broadcast location.