Patent ID: 8689259

Claim:
A method for operating a home entertainment system, the method comprising the steps of: storing, in a memory, files containing program schedule information corresponding to a first television program and program schedule information corresponding to a second television program; linking, in the memory, the program schedule information corresponding to the first television program to the program schedule information corresponding to the second television program such that the program schedule information corresponding to the second television program can be retrieved from the memory by accessing the program schedule information corresponding to the first television program; generating a display of a video of a telecast of the first television program, wherein the video of the telecast includes an announcement or advertisement of the second television program; signaling the availability of an electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program during the announcement or advertisement of the second television program; receiving a first user command invoking the electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program in response to the signaling; retrieving, from the program schedule information corresponding to the first television program, the program schedule information corresponding to the second television program in response to the first user command; and executing the electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program by using the information corresponding to the second television program retrieved from the program schedule information corresponding to the first television program, wherein the program schedule information corresponding to the first television program uniquely identifies the first and the second television programs.