Patent ID: 6910191

Claim:
A programming guide data selection device for selecting program guide data corresponding to available programming content, comprising: a processor operable to filter the programming guide data according to different filter categories and individual filter ranges associated with the respective categories, and a graphical user interface to provide first and second transversely extending and intersecting scroll bars which each comprise a plurality of scroll bar elements that can be scrolled successively through a focus region positioned at the intersection of the first and second scroll bars, the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar signifying individual filter ranges of the filter categories, which are individually selectable by being scrolled into the focus region, such that when selected individually, the scroll bar elements of the second scroll bar signify individual program content items from the program data that fall within the filter category and range of the selected first scroll bar element, said individual program content items being individually selectable by scrolling the second scroll bar to place the element of the second scroll bar corresponding to the program item into the focus region, at least one of the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar comprising a multiple depiction of more than one of said individual filter ranges of the filter categories selectable from the multiple depiction individually by being moved into the focus region, and a viewing region for viewing a program content item selected in the focus region.