Patent ID: 8799956
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic programming guide method, comprising: outputting a first signal from a television receiver to an output device, the television receiver receiving a program service transmission from a service provider; the first signal causing the output device to display an electronic programming guide tree having nodes including a time node, content nodes, and linked nodes, a first content node connected to one or more first linked nodes that are program nodes, receiving a directional input at the television receiver, the directional input indicating a particular one of the one or more first linked nodes; and in response to the directional input, outputting a second signal from the television receiver to the output device, the second signal causing the output device to display a second content node, the second content node connected to one or more second linked nodes including the first content node, the second content node being a particular one of the one or more first linked nodes indicated by the directional input as a first category of programs available for viewing, each one of the program nodes having a size proportional to a number of programs in a first category, the size being independent of user input.