Patent ID: 9332317
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of searching a program guide, comprising the steps of: providing a program for display without program guide information; while providing the program for display, accepting a first numerical character input from the user; without accepting further user input, identifying program guide data responsive to the first numerical character input and a first alphabetic character associated with the first numerical character input, wherein the identified program data comprises program guide data for a single viewer channel exactly matching only the accepted first numerical channel selection and program guide alphabetic data associated with the first alphabetic character, and providing the identified program guide data for the single viewer channel exactly matching only the accepted first numerical channel selection and program guide alphabetic data associated with the first alphabetic character for concurrent display; wherein the identified program data is provided in an order matching a sort or filtered preferences selected by the user.