Patent ID: 7269838

Claim:
An Internet television program guide system for providing television program listings with real-time data embedded within the television program listings and additional real-time data to a user at a multimedia system over an Internet communications link, comprising: a computer system for providing television program listings with real-time data embedded within the television program listings and additional real-time data, wherein said computer system comprises computer readable media for storing said television program listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data; and a web server for receiving the television program listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data from the computer system, and for providing the television program listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data to the multimedia system over the Internet communications link in response to a user request to access the television program listings, said multimedia system comprising computer readable media for: receiving said television program listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data, displaying said television program listings, automatically displaying said embedded real-time data with said television program listings in response to a user request to view all listings, and in response to receiving a user selection of one of said television program listings with embedded real-time data, simultaneously displaying with the television program listings and embedded real-time data, in an area of the screen outside of the program listings, said additional real-time data, wherein said additional real-time data comprises textual information related to the selected television program listing.