Patent ID: 6292624
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for selecting and deselecting a future-broadcast show capable of being received and displayed on an electronic guide screen, the method comprising:generating a command to select a schedule option grid from at least a first schedule option grid and a second schedule option grid of a first screen menu superimposed over the electronic guide screen, the command causing a loading of programming data of the future-broadcast show into a timer memory of an entertaining system, the future-broadcast show being a show (i) scheduled to be recorded when the second schedule option grid is selected and (ii) not scheduled to be recorded when the first schedule option grid is selected;generating an icon on the electronic guide screen, the icon being a record icon if the future-broadcast show being the show scheduled to be recorded and a non-record icon if the future-broadcast show being the show not schedule to be recorded, thereafter, the non-record icon being removed if the command selecting the second schedule option grid; andgenerating a second screen menu including at least first and second select option grids, the first select option grid, if selected, allowing the loaded programming data to be left in the timer memory, the second select option grid, if selected, allowing the loaded programming data to be removed from the timer memory.