Patent ID: 7487528
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An interactive television program guide system implemented on user television equipment, comprising: means for simultaneously displaying (a) a program list that contains multiple program listings that only contains program listings for programs that are currently available for viewing, and that has a highlight region for highlighting a given one of the program listings, (b) a video window that contains an unobstructed view of a television program, and (c) a detailed program description of the highlighted program listing; means for allowing the user to position the highlight region among the program listings; means for allowing the user to position the highlight region in the program list with a first set of remote control keys, wherein when the first set of remote control keys is used to position the highlight region on a new program listing, the detailed program description is updated to correspond to the highlighted program listing while maintaining unchanged the television program displayed in the video window; and means for allowing the user to position the highlight region in the program list with a second set of remote control keys, wherein the second set of remote control keys is different than the first set of remote control keys, and wherein when the second set of remote control keys is used to position the highlight region on a new program listing, both the detailed program description and the television program displayed in the video window are updated to correspond to the highlighted program listing.