Patent ID: 7996399
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for graphically displaying search results based on a relevancy threshold in an interactive media guidance application display, comprising: receiving a current user input; searching a program guide database for items matching a first search criteria corresponding to said current user input and a second search criteria corresponding to stored personalization data; automatically selecting, based on the media types of matching items that meet a relevancy threshold, a first set of groupings of the matching items corresponding to the first search criteria and a second set of groupings of the matching items corresponding to the second search criteria; determining a graphical display definition for generating an interactive media guidance application display having the matching items, wherein the matching items of at least one of the groupings corresponding to the first search criteria and at least one of the groupings corresponding to the second search criteria are listed in nonoverlapping regions of the display and the listed matching items are selectable by a user from a single screen of the display; and generating the interactive media guidance application display, wherein the display has from among the matching items only those matching items determined to meet the relevancy threshold, and wherein the items of the display are displayed according to the determined graphical display definition.