Patent ID: 6661468
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A63F,H04N

Abstract:
A method for allowing a user to create a new channel-tuning sequence for television channels in which at least some of the television channels are re-ordered out of their normal tuning sequence comprising:displaying on-screen information identifying a plurality of television channels; grouping the information identifying the television channels according to criteria; displaying the on-screen information identifying the television channels in a two-dimensional array; displaying the critera along one dimension of the array and displaying the television channels associated with each of the criteria along a second dimension of the array, wherein the second dimension is perpendicular to the first dimension; allowing a user to sequentially select channels from the identified television channels in a given order; building the new channel-tuning sequence by adding the selected channels to the new channel-tuning sequence one after another in the given order, wherein in the given order at least some of the channels are out of their normal tuning sequence; and using the new channel-tuning sequence to control the order in which the user tunes to television channels.