Patent ID: 6925650
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting, receiving and displaying program guide data on a display screen, the system comprising: a program guide database storing program guide data having a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments associated with a program, some segments of the plurality of segments having a keyword therein; a transmitter communicatively coupled to the program guide database, the transmitter adapted to receive program guide data from the program guide database and to transmit to program guide data over a broadcast channel; a tuner tuned to the broadcast channel, the tuner adapted to receive the program guide data from the broadcast channel; a memory storing a keyword table having the keyword therein; and a processor coupled to the tuner and the memory, the processor programmed to populate the keyword table with words by examining the program guide objects as they are received by the tuner and entering into the keyword table words that appear in the program guide objects more than a particular number of times, to compare each segment of the program guide data to the keyword table to determine which segments of the plurality of segments have the keyword therein, to link to the keyword to programs associated with the segments having the keyword therein and to display the keyword on the display screen.