INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE NAVIGATOR MENU SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide television program guide information to distributed facilities in an interactive program guide system. SOLUTION: The program guide system has a logically flat navigator menu structure made up of program guide categories and selectable program guide options. Program guide categories correspond to fairly broad groups of program guide features. Selectable program guide options correspond to more specific program guide features. Each program guide category has associated selectable program guide options. Program guide categories may be displayed in a row across the top of the display screen. Selectable program guide options may be displayed in the same column as the program guide category with which they are associated. A highlight region may be positioned on one of the selectable program guide options. The selectable program guide options may be scrolled using a pair of vertical cursors. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT