Patent ID: 8132205

Claim:
A method of accessing program information in an electronic program guide, the method comprising: storing an electronic program guide on a client device, the electronic program guide divided into timeslots containing program information corresponding to television programs being broadcast currently and to television programs scheduled for future broadcast; receiving a first user input at the client device; outputting, in response to the first user input, the electronic program guide from the client device to be displayed with a header indicating a plurality of dates for accessing corresponding program information, the timeslots of the electronic program guide being displayed without an indication of a time for the timeslots; receiving a second user input at the client device while the electronic program guide is being output for display with the header indicating a plurality of dates, the second user input identifying one of the plurality of dates; accessing program information in the electronic program guide corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of dates; in response to the second user input, outputting the electronic program guide from the client device to be displayed with the program information corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of dates and with a header indicating times of the timeslots; in further response to the second user input, not outputting the header indicating a plurality of dates; and in further response to the second user input; outputting the electronic program guide from the client device to be displayed with the header indicating times of the timeslots in a location previously occupied by the header indicating a plurality of dates.