Patent ID: 7665109
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A user interface unit comprising: a processor; an electronic programming guide (EPG) executing on the processor to: organize programming information, including correlating Internet universal resource locators (URLs) with particular programs in the EPG, the URLs identifying target resources that contain supplemental information related to the particular programs; and enable a user of the user interface to enter additional URLs identifying target resources that contain supplemental information related to the particular program, wherein the user associates the user entered additional URLs identifying target resources with a particular program or channel in the EPG, wherein the associated additional URLs are prioritized and displayed within an EPG Field associated with the particular program within the EPG, wherein prioritizing the associated additional URLs comprises monitoring the user's usage pattern of the associated additional URLs; and the processor being programmed to search the EPG and identify the particular programs having correlated URLs as interactive programs.