System and method for presenting program guide information in an electronic portable device

摘要

A controlling device is provided with the ability to present personalized program guide information by using personal preferences provided to a home computing device. The personal preferences are used to filter program guide data received at the home computing device whereby the program guide data will include only programming information for user-specified sources of programming for each of plural, different user-specified periods of time. The filtered program guide data is then downloaded to the controlling device from the home computing device for use in connection with an application of the controlling device that functions to display program guide information within a display of the controlling device.

主权项

1. A method for providing to a controlling device personalized program guide information, comprising:
receiving from a server device via a communications network program guide data; using personal preferences to filter the received program guide data; causing filtered, received program guide data to be displayed within a display of the controlling device; and causing the controlling device to use supplemental media data to dynamically highlight at least one icon within the filtered, received program guide data when the filtered, received program guide data is caused to be displayed within the display of the controlling device wherein the at least one icon is activable to cause the controlling device to issue one or more commands to cause at least one appliance to access media corresponding to the supplemental media data.