Patent ID: 7979878

Claim:
An interactive guide system implemented on user equipment, comprising: means for simultaneously displaying (a) a program list that contains multiple program listings that only contains program listings for programs that are currently available, and that has a highlight region for highlighting a given one of the program listings, (b) a video window that contains an unobstructed view of a program, and (c) a detailed program description of the highlighted program listing; means for allowing the user to position the highlight region among the program listings; means for allowing the user to position the highlight region in the program list using a first selection, wherein when the first selection is used to position the highlight region on a new program listing, the detailed program description is updated to correspond to the highlighted program listing while maintaining unchanged the program displayed in the video window; and means for allowing the user to position the highlight region in the program list with a second selection, wherein the second selection is different than the first selection, and wherein when the second selection is used to position the highlight region on a new program listing, both the detailed program description and the program displayed in the video window are updated to correspond to the highlighted program listing.