摘要 |
Techniques are provided enabling users to search for, select and/or watch an infomercial of interest including commercials, advertisements, and the like from a recorded stream. The user's history can be analyzed in the DVR, and replacing an original advertisement in a live/recorded program by one or more other advertisement(s) belonging to a genre type from the user history stored in the DVR. A GUI is provided for an infomercial guide; and when a user selects the infomercial guide, displaying the infomercial guide so that the user can select infomercials of interest. The user may select the infomercial guide by pressing a dedicated key on a remote control. In a first window of the GUI, upper categories of infomercials that are recorded or downloaded in the DVR may be displayed. The user may select one of the upper categories of interest by moving a highlight cursor. In a second window of the GUI, a more detailed categorization of the categories based on the user's selection in the first window of the GUI may be displayed.
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