Patent ID: 7962938
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A client device comprising: one or more processors; a memory; a search effectuator, maintained in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to formulate a search request in response to selection of a link that is visually displayed in an electronic program guide (EPG) generated by an EPG application stored in the memory and implemented by the one or more processors of the client device, the search effectuator sending the search request to a search service; a link target monitor, maintained in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to monitor a selector of the EPG to detect when the link visually displayed in the EPG is selected based on input from a user; and a search results scrubber, maintained in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to scrub search results received in response to the search request by extracting images from the search results to provide a slideshow of the images extracted from the search results for presentation on an associated display screen.