Patent ID: 8205233
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for processing channel guide information, comprising the steps of: receiving channel guide information; receiving a user typed text string search request; performing until said search request is turned off, using a microprocessor, a search of said channel guide information for a program in said channel guide information having program description that satisfies said user-entered request wherein said channel guide information is updated at least once during said search so that said search is performed on said updated channel guide information; and recording automatically without user intervention, a program which is found in said performing step having program description that satisfies said user-entered request; wherein at least different video programs with different program titles are recorded in view of said same search request; and one of the at least two different programs has the search request matching part of title information of a first program and a second program from said at least two different programs has the search request matching part of at least one of: star information, director information, rating information, and plot information, where the matching of said second program search request is not found in said title of said second program.