Patent ID: 6481010
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying information on a television, comprising:a first circuit that receives wireless television communication signals, the wireless television communication signals including channels of informational content data, that includes video data and audio data and program content data related to the informational content data, wherein the first circuit causes to be displayed on the television, in addition to the received wireless television communication signals, a graphic user interface (GUI that includes a TV planner display icon, and wherein the first circuit, in response to the user's selection of TV planner icon, generates a display on the television of a calendar that indicates only those programs that have been selected for recording, viewing and purchasing; a second circuit that receives computer network communication signals; and wherein the first circuit and the second circuit together process the received wireless television communication signals and the received computer network communication signals such that the received wireless television communication signals and the received computer network communication signals can be selectively displayed on the television.