Patent ID: 7748018
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G04G,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of navigating a database of television program listings for a plurality of channels in user television equipment, the method comprising steps of: storing in electronic memory a list of channel indicators for the plurality of channels, the list comprising first and second channel indicators; displaying in a first menu on a screen, the first channel indicator with a corresponding first television program listing and the second channel indicator with a corresponding second television program listing; displaying the list of channel indicators in a second menu on the screen; receiving a user selection, from the list of displayed channel indicators in the second menu, to move the first displayed channel indicator from a first location in the list to a second location in the list relative to the second displayed channel indicator; arranging the list of displayed channel indicators in a user determined order based at least in part on the user selection; and as a result of the user selection, automatically changing locations of the first and second channel indicators and the corresponding first and second television program listings that are displayed in the first menu to new locations in the first menu that correspond to the order in which the channel indicators, displayed in the second menu, are arranged.