Patent ID: 9380347
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: presenting for display at a display device a first service guide menu and a second service guide menu both with a plurality of hypertext links ordered according to at least in part a received specification, wherein the ordering provides at least in part that television programming services are displayed as hypertext links in the first service guide menu and non-television services are displayed as hypertext links in the second service guide menu, wherein the second service guide menu is overlaid on the first service guide menu, the second service menu configured to be presented for repeated occurrences of a first recurring predetermined time period upon expiration of a second recurring predetermined time period associated with the first service menu wherein both the television programming services and the non-television programming services are available during the first and second recurring predetermined time periods, and wherein the hypertext links in the first service guide menu become inactive during the first recurring predetermined time period; dimming the first service guide menu; receiving a user selection of a hypertext link; and activating a service that corresponds to the selected hypertext link, wherein activating the service that corresponds to the selected hypertext link comprises utilizing additional information included in the selected hypertext link, wherein the additional information comprises a specified screen state and a service display location comprising a plurality of minimum and maximum coordinates.