Patent ID: 6600503
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
A method for the display of a content selection guide comprising the steps of:acquiring content selection information on a user computer system from a plurality of diverse content sources, the content selection information comprising descriptive information associated with the plurality of diverse content sources, the content selection information for selecting content from the plurality of diverse content sources for display on the user computer system; integrating the content selection information into a visual display of selectable content; defining a plurality of selectable guide cells within the visual display, each guide cell of the plurality of guide cells indicating a content from one of tee plurality of diverse content sources, the visual guide adapted to display the content upon selection of the guide cell; associating an action other than display of the content with a selectable portion of a guide cell of the plurality of guide cells, the action contextually relevant to the guide cell of the plurality of guide cells, the action having a type; indicating the type of the associated action; and performing the associated action responsive to selection by a user of the selectable portion of the guide cell of the plurality of guide cells.