Patent ID: 6522342
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H04H,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-based graphical user interface for facilitating the selection and display of transmitted audio, video and data, comprising:a main menu state with a first multi-segment display, the first multi-segment display having an active video/audio segment and a tuning segment; the active video segment being adapted to display a currently tuned program; and the tuning segment having an elongated graphic bar with a length and a width, the length of the graphic bar being dynamically sub-divided into a plurality of contiguous regions based on a number of programs that have been parsed from a multi-program data stream and that are authorized for use by a particular user, wherein each of the regions is uniquely mapped to a respective one of a plurality of numeric identifiers, and wherein each of the plurality of numeric identifiers is transmitted within data packets containing displayable information pertaining to a respective one of the number of programs.