Patent ID: 6344880
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of displaying an electronic program guide on a display screen, comprising the steps of:setting said display screen to an information guide mode for displaying said electronic program guide; displaying an icon table comprised of a plurality of channel icons arranged in rows and columns on said display screen; each channel icon corresponding to a programming channel for display on said display screen; selecting one of said plurality of channel icons displayed on said display screen; displaying a title bar corresponding to the selected channel icon horizontally across the row of said icon table containing the selected channel icon; said title bar comprising said channel icon, a title part, and a return icon; said title part comprising a program title and a program summary sentence for a program broadcast by said programming channel corresponding to said channel icon; selecting said title bar; and displaying an explanation part by shifting the selected title bar and displaying said explanation part over said icon table; said explanation part containing explanatory information about the program indicated by said title bar.