ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,774, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sling TV LLC (Englewood, Colo.).
"On-screen selectable channel guide" was invented by Kevin Holland (Denver), Seth VanSickel (Parker, Colo.), Jonathan Lin (Denver) and Gilberto Malfabon (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods related to channel surfing are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a user request to view presentation of a channel guide on a display, generating a channel guide including a channel list, at least one scroll indicator, and a focus indicator, and communicating the channel guide to the display. The display includes a main displ...