Patent ID: 8615779
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by one or more devices, the method comprising: receiving one or more inputs that specify one or more letters to be used in a search of electronic program guide (EPG) data; searching the EPG data that describes television content using the one or more letters; arranging results of the search into one or more of a plurality of categories; outputting the one or more letters specified by the one or more inputs and the arranged results of the search in an EPG, the arranged results including category identifiers that each identify a respective arranged result and that are respectively associated with the one or more of the plurality of categories; outputting, responsive to receiving an input that applies a focus on a display portion of the EPG associated with an instance of the arranged results of the search, and within a part of the display portion to which the focus is applied: a respective category identifier associated with the instance of the arranged results, an indication of a number of occurrences of the instance of the arranged results of the search in said one or more of the plurality of categories, and additional information about the instance of the arranged result; and outputting, responsive to a selection of the instance of the arranged results: the category identifier associated with the instance of the arranged results and the additional information about the instance of the arranged results in place of the one or more letters specified by the one or more inputs, and a plurality of sub-categories associated with the instance of the arranged results, including for each of the plurality of sub-categories an indication of a number of occurrences of a respective sub-category of the plurality of sub-categories.