Patent ID: 8464295

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one computing device configured to display an interactive search graphical user interface having at least a first viewing pane and a second viewing pane; display a search results list within said second viewing pane, said search results list including a plurality of entries each related to a search term provided by a user and corresponding to one or more media content instances; transfer, in response to a selection by a user of an entry that is included within the plurality of entries and that is representative of a person related to the search term, said display of said search results list to said first viewing pane; display, subsequent to the search results list being displayed in the first viewing pane and in response to a selection by a user of an option to enter a name of an additional person, a character entry field; and display, within said second viewing pane in response to an entry of the name of the additional person into the character entry field by the user, a list of one or more media content instances related to both the person and the additional person and unrelated to the search term.