Patent ID: 6857128
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying an electronic program guide to a viewer, the method comprising: displaying multiple channel identifiers on a display; displaying multiple time slot identifiers on the display; displaying multiple program titles on the display, each program title located in a display area corresponding to the displayed channel identifier of the channel carrying the program and the displayed time slot identifier corresponding to the time slot of the program; fixing a program selection area corresponding to a predefined selection region of the display; scrolling the program titles on the display in response to viewer requests, thereby changing the program corresponding to the program selection area; displaying program details for the program appearing in the selection region in a program details area of the display, and updating the program details when a different program title is scrolled into the selection region; and simultaneously displaying program detail for multiple programs corresponding to the displayed channel identifier of the program appearing in the selection region, the program details for each one of the multiple programs displayed in a section of the program details area corresponding to that program's time slot.