SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAYED ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

An electronic program system comprises a program schedule, which is presentable in a display as a grid of two-dimensionally arranged cells with a program identifier being displayed in each of the cells, the grid having a plurality of channels listed in a first dimension and time listed in a secon d dimension of which a portion of the entirety of the grid is displayable in t he display. A user may interact with the electronic program guide (using slider s 2/3, arrows 6, or icon 8) to change the program schedule information that is displayed and/or to transmit one or more command codes to a target appliance .