Electronic program guide for indicating availability of past programs

摘要

A system and method for providing an electronic program guide for television or radio programs includes presenting listing of present or future programs on-screen, presenting listings of past programs on-screen and indicating whether the past program is available again at a future time. Also, a system and method for handling information controllable from an electronic program guide for television or radio programs comprises receiving information in a user's system, storing the received information in the user's system, displaying access to the stored information by means of a user interface and enabling the user to select one of a plurality of management options for controlling the operation of the stored information through the user interface.

主权项

1. A method for using a guide on user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving a user input selecting a time period prior to a current time; and in response to receiving the user input:
generating a display that includes a plurality of video listings corresponding to past transmissions of videos within the selected time period, wherein each of the plurality of video listings corresponds to a single transmission of an associated video; andvisually distinguishing within the generated display each of the plurality of video listings that corresponds to a past transmission of a video that is available again from each of the plurality of video listings that corresponds to a past transmission of a video that is not available again, wherein the visually distinguished video listings are displayed together with the video listings that are not visually distinguished within the generated display, and wherein the video available again is accessible responsive to an input received subsequent to the listings being displayed.