| 摘要 |
An electronic programming guide ("EPG") in accordance with the invention provides a schedule listing comprising of two or more groups of event names depending on special event name group creation criteria. Each group of event names is represented differently by time proportional cells or fixed-sized cells. The EPG information display format is thus easier to navigate and review than prior art EPG formats. In one embodiment the EPG listing consists of two groups of event names: currently playing and near-future event names, and distant-future event names. All currently playing and near-future events presented as time proportional grid cells. All distant-future event names are presented as fixed-sized cells organized in channel-based lists. In one embodiment current and near-future time is defined differently for different channels and two groups can have repeated elements.
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