Patent Document ID: 7873973
Application ID: 12551363

Base Claim:
1. A method for using an interactive television program guide, the method comprising: receiving program listings with the interactive television program guide; receiving information on simple categories of programming and combination categories of programming that are associated with the program listings; simultaneously displaying both the simple categories and the combination categories in a selectable list with the interactive television program guide, wherein each of the combination categories comprises more than one simple category and is selectable using a single selection; receiving a user selection of a combination category from the selectable list; and displaying a first plurality of program listings that match the selected combination category simultaneously with a second plurality of program listings that do not match the selected combination category using the interactive television program guide, wherein each of the first plurality of program listings includes an indicator that identifies the selected combination category.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising searching for the first plurality of program listings that match the selected combination category with the interactive television program guide.