Patent ID: 8127329

Claim:
A method for providing a video scan, comprising: receiving at least a first scan criterion and a second scan criterion for a scan; identifying a first plurality of programs related to the first scan criterion; identifying a second plurality of programs related to the second scan criterion; substantially simultaneously displaying: the first plurality of programs in an order defined by a first scan sequence in a first window, and the second plurality of programs in an order defined by a second scan sequence in a second window; in response to displaying one of the first plurality of programs in the first window: retrieving a relevance indicator indicating relevance of one of the first plurality of programs currently displayed in the first window to the first scan criterion, and displaying the relevance indicator simultaneously with the program currently displayed in the first window; and once a display length for one of the first plurality of programs has lapsed: displaying a next program in the first plurality of programs in the first window, retrieving a relevance indicator indicating the relevance of the next program to the first scan criterion, and displaying the relevance indicator simultaneously with the program currently displayed in the first window.