Patent ID: 6971118
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying programming information, comprising: (a) displaying a video comprising a plurality of frames on a portion of a display; (b) displaying a first panel in response to a first signal from a user interface, said first panel being displayed on another portion of said display simultaneously with said video, said first panel containing information from at least one of a plurality of records, said records containing programming information, each of said records having an associated time and an associated channel, and said first panel displaying on said display an associated range of channels; a first time, where said first time is the earliest time displayed on said display in response to said first signal; and a second time, said second time being a later time displayed on said display in response to said first signal and a time incrementally earlier than an end of a time range associated with said first panel; (c) selecting a first record in response to a second signal from said user interface; (d) selecting a second record in response to a third signal from said user interface, where said second record has an associated time and an associated channel, where said associated time of said second record is one of a time later than said second time and a time earlier than said first time; and (e) in response to selecting said second record, displaying simultaneously with said video a second panel, said second panel having an associated range of channels that is the same as the associated range of channels of said first panel and an associated time range extending from a third time to a time incrementally later than a fourth time, said third and said fourth times both being times that are, respectively, one of times later than said second time and times earlier than said first time and where neither of said third and said fourth times were displayed on said first panel.