SERVER-CENTRIC SEARCH FUNCTION IN AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE

摘要

Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (keywords) are received and a request for a search is sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In response, one or more search results 310 are received from the head end. The search results can be displayed on one or more search result IPG page 300A. Upon receiving an indication that a particular search result has been selected, one or more streams associated with the selected search result can be retrieved and decoded to recover the selected program, which can then be displayed.