Patent ID: 7716702

Claim:
A system for delivering a graphical image file and non-graphical data to construct a program guide through a communications network comprising: a headend connected to the communications network and comprising instructions for generating a first record comprising a first version of the graphical image file formatted for a first aspect ratio and a second record comprising a second version of the graphical image file formatted for a second aspect ratio, wherein the graphical image file comprises at least one of a single video frame, a series of video frames, and an icon; and wherein the non-graphical data comprises at least one of time information, channel information, and text messages; a transmission channel in the communications network, wherein the transmission channel is assigned to transport both the first record and second record in a first data stream, and the non-graphical data in a second data stream to a user terminal connected to the communications network, a display device connected to the user terminal, wherein the display device is configured to display the graphical image file using an aspect ratio selected from the first and the second aspect ratios; and wherein the user terminal further comprises instructions for: selecting a record from the first and second records from the first data stream; storing the selected record; constructing the program guide based on the selected record of the graphical image file corresponding to the aspect ratio associated with the display device and the non-graphical data; and communicating to the display device the program guide.