US 12,015,830 B1
Locally relayed broadcast and community service television
James E. Long, Menlo Park, CA (US); James A. Erickson, Newman, CA (US); Ali Mehrpour, San Jose, CA (US); Donald E. Meyer, San Jose, CA (US); James E. Monroe, San Carlos, CA (US); Jay B. Perry, Los Altos, CA (US); Claire E. Schendel, Petaluma, CA (US); Delmer R. Schneider, Jr., Manteca, CA (US); Andrii Skaliuk, San Bruno, CA (US); Michael J. Sobieski, Petaluma, CA (US); and Eric L. Walstad, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Didja, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by Didja, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,641.
Application 17/032,698 is a division of application No. 15/829,804, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,805,688, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 17/956,641 is a continuation of application No. 17/032,698, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,463,780.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/429,673, filed on Dec. 2, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/6143 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01); H04N 21/643 (2013.01); H04N 21/854 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user device comprising:
a touch screen display device and one or more computers, the one or more computers configured by installed software to perform operations comprising:
displaying, in a first display area of the touch screen display device, a television program guide showing program information about television programs in a grid of times and channels and, in a particular grid element, in addition to the program information, a hyperlink provided by a station broadcasting the program; and
responding to a user selection of the hyperlink by opening a web browser in a window on the display device and displaying in the web browser an Internet resource identified by the hyperlink.