Patent ID: 6243145
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A terminal for providing program information to a display in a cable television system, the terminal comprising:a memory for storing the program information including channel information and category information indicative of categories and channels associated with the categories;a receiver coupled to the memory for receiving at least one user input indicative of a selection of a category; anda processor, coupled to the memory and the receiver and, when in a browse mode, operative for:setting, in response a first user input indicative of the selection of a category, a selected category as the category associated with the first user input;determining, in response to a second user input indicative of the selection of a category, if the category associated with the second user input is a different category from the category associated with the first user input; andsetting, in response to the category associated with the second user input being a different category, the selected category to be the category associated with the second user input; andactivating the display to present only program information associated with channels included in the selected category.