Patent ID: 7296284

Claim:
A client terminal connectable to a video distribution system and a display device, the video distribution system provides program guide information to create a program guide that includes program listings and provides program rating data that is associated with rating sources, the client terminal comprising: a video distribution system interface to receive the program guide information and the program rating data; a display interface to display the program guide on the display device; a user interface to receive user input; a local memory to store a ranking program; and a terminal controller responsive to the user interface and the ranking program for: a. allowing the user to select a critic profile based upon a critic rating source from a list of a plurality of different critic profiles displayed on the display device via user input; b. generating the critic profile based upon past program rating data associated with the critic rating source by utilizing a preference engine to rate at least one program that does not have program rating data associated with the critic rating source; c. ranking and ordering program listings based upon the selected critic profile; and d. displaying the ranked and ordered program listings in the program guide on the display device.