发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A PROGRAM IN AN ELECTRONICPROGRAM GUIDE
摘要 A method and apparatus are disclosed for locating desired television program s and categories of television programs. To facilitate viewer access to preferred programming as a mini program guide display (102) , program guide information of an electronic program guide may be searched in accordance with viewer-specified or system default parameters. Viewer-specified parameters illustratively include program names filed (202), partial program names, categories of programming (204), and subcategories field (206) of programming. Once the search is complete, a primary television means (100) is provided for displaying information on television programs in the categories, or with titles, that match the television program titles or categories of interest.
申请公布号 CA2277835(C) 申请公布日期 2007.09.25
申请号 CA19972277835 申请日期 1997.11.14
申请人 MINDPORT B.V. 发明人 BEDARD, KAREN
分类号 H04N5/445 主分类号 H04N5/445
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