Patent Document ID: 5508815
Application ID: 08527417
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A television program selection system connected to a television receiver and a remote source of television programming coupled to the receiver, the system comprising: a first addressable memory disposed in proximity and directly coupled to the television receiver and digitally storing a database of information relating to the television programming available to the receiver from the source, said information including program titles; a second addressable memory disposed in proximity and directly coupled to the television receiver and digitally storing a plurality of operator prompts; a video display generator connected to the television receiver; an operator input device for outputting commands in response to operator inputs; and a controller connected to the first memory, the second memory, the operator input device and the video display generator, the controller being operative to receive commands from the operator input device and being operative in response to said commands to: (a) select prompts from the second memory for display on the television receiver via the video display generator; (b) display, on the television receiver, at any time, an operator selected portion of the information relating to television programming available to the receiver from the database stored in the first memory; and (c) enable entry into the system of commands from the operator input device relating to selections of television programming.