Patent ID: 7853970

Claim:
A processing system of a television program grid, comprising: a device for transmitting information of television programs; and a device for receiving the information of television programs having a higher level layer and a plurality of lower levels, the plurality of lower levels includes an intermediate layer and a user layer, each lower level layer further includes program information specific to a users group, parameters defining a user profile of a user of the corresponding users group, and filtering short commands, wherein: said parameters includes a plurality of parameter sets, each parameter set corresponding to a filter layer allowing selection of a single category or a plurality of categories of required information, the higher level layer is defined as a global restrictive filter and is specified by a first administrator of the system by defining a first password, the intermediate level layer includes at least one filter specific to a user profile and is specified by a second administrator of the system by defining a second password, the user level layer includes at least one direct access key on a remote control specific to a user profile and is specified by a user profile by defining a third password, the at least one direct access key activates or disconnects the global restrictive filter, and the higher level layer, the intermediate level layer, and the user level layer are at separate vertical levels.