Patent ID: 7577973

Claim:
A client terminal connectable to a head end and a display device, the head end provides program guide information including first program data associated with a first program and second program data associated with a second program, the client terminal comprising: a channel input interface to receive the program guide information; a user interface to receive a first input and a second input; and a terminal controller responsive to an on screen display (OSD) control program for: a. displaying an arrangement of a plurality of different channel icons associated with respective video program providers in a plurality of rows and columns simultaneously on the display device, the different channel icons representing at least one of broadcast channels and satellite channels; b. selecting one of the plurality of different channel icons in response to the first input; and c. displaying a pop-up for the selected channel icon on the display device while still displaying the arrangement of the plurality of different channel icons, the pop-up overlaying at least one other channel icon; d. wherein: i. the pop-up displays the first program data associated with the first program of the selected channel icon in response to the first input and the user interface receives the second input while the pop-up is displaying the first program data; and ii. the pop-up displays the second program data associated with the second program of the selected channel icon in response to the second input selecting a selectable button within the pop-up while the arrangement of the plurality of different channel icons in the plurality of rows and columns is still displayed and the pop-up continues to overlay the at least one other channel icon.