Patent ID: 7293275

Claim:
In a multimedia system that includes a processing device for receiving and processing video programming and video content information associated with the video programming, and a display device for displaying the video programming, a method of providing interactive access to the video programming and the video content information, comprising the acts of: receiving at the processing device video content information associated with video programming that is scheduled to be broadcast; displaying on the display device a first interface image that presents the video content information for a particular video program of the video programming, the first interface image including a navigable supplemental content menu for obtaining additional information about the particular video program which is not displayed in the first interface image, wherein the navigable supplemental content menu on the first interface image includes a plurality of links to particular categories of available supplemental content information for the particular video program, such that each of the plurality of links is linked to a separate image associated with a respective category of supplemental content information for the particular video program; in response to viewer input selecting one of the links to a particular category of supplemental content information, replacing the first interface image on the display device with a second interface image that presents the supplemental content information related to the particular category of supplemental content information for the particular video program of the video programming, the supplemental content information presented by the second interface image being related to the particular category of the video content information as identified by the selected link; and within the second interface image that presents the supplemental content information for the particular video program and of the particular category, displaying a link for searching the video programming for one or more other video programs.