| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for locating desired television programs 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 only if the television programs are scheduled within predetermined time constraints.
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