WO2002011517A3 - Method and apparatus for transitioning between interactive program guide (ipg) pages - Google Patents

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WO2002011517A3
WO2002011517A3 PCT/US2001/024647 US0124647W WO0211517A3 WO 2002011517 A3 WO2002011517 A3 WO 2002011517A3 US 0124647 W US0124647 W US 0124647W WO 0211517 A3 WO0211517 A3 WO 0211517A3
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Donald F Gordon
John P Comito
Edward A Ludvig
Sadik Bayrakeri
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Diva Systems Corp
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Abstract

In accordance with a method, a first stream associated with a first packet identifier (PID) is received and decoded (1450) to retrieve a first video sequence that includes the background for the selected video sequence (e.g., a transition background IPG page, without the guide data). The first video sequence is then provided for display. Thereafter, a second stream associated with a second PID is received and decoded to retrieve the selected video sequence. The selected video sequence is then provided for display (1460). The first video sequence may be received, decoded, and provided for display in response to receiving a channel change. The first and selected video sequences can each be encoded using picture-based encoding or slice-based encoding.
PCT/US2001/024647 2000-08-09 2001-08-06 Method and apparatus for transitioning between interactive program guide (ipg) pages WO2002011517A2 (en)

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