Customized EPG display with visual cues
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying one or more viewing interests and a highlighting corresponding thereto;
receiving a selection of one or more said viewing interests; and
displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) within a programming range, wherein;
the EPG includes one or more TV shows for one or more channels in one or more time slots;
each said TV show has a plurality of characteristics; and
each said TV show in the programming range for which the characteristics thereof match the selection of one or more of said viewing interests is displayed with the corresponding highlighting.
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Abstract
A TV viewer selects viewing interests and a corresponding highlighting from a user interface. An enhanced Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) display is output and includes TV shows, channels and time slots within a programming range. TV shows having characteristics that match the TV viewer'"'"'s selected viewing interests are displayed in the enhanced EPG display with the corresponding highlighting.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying one or more viewing interests and a highlighting corresponding thereto;
receiving a selection of one or more said viewing interests; and
displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) within a programming range, wherein;
the EPG includes one or more TV shows for one or more channels in one or more time slots;
each said TV show has a plurality of characteristics; and
each said TV show in the programming range for which the characteristics thereof match the selection of one or more of said viewing interests is displayed with the corresponding highlighting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An EPG display comprising a plurality of TV shows for one or more channels in one or more time slots that in a programming range;
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each said TV show has a plurality of characteristics; and
each said TV show in the programming range having the characteristics thereof that match one or more viewing interests previously selected by a TV viewer is displayed with a visual cue corresponding to the selected one or more viewing interests. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A user interface (UI) comprising:
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a first panel depicted on a first display screen to depict one or more controls for selecting one or more viewing interests and a highlighting corresponding thereto; and
a second panel depicted on a second display screen to depict an EPG including one or more TV shows, each having one or more characteristics, for one or more channels in one or more time slots within a programming range, and also including;
the TV shows in the programming range have characteristics that match a selection of one or more of said viewing interests received from the first display screen such that the TV shows in the first portion are displayed on the EPG with the corresponding highlighting. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving data representing one or more TV shows for one or more channels in one or more time slots, wherein each said TV show has a plurality of characteristics;
means for outputting a display of one or more viewing interests and a highlighting corresponding thereto;
means for receiving a selection of one or more said viewing interests and the respective highlighting corresponding thereto;
means for determining each said TV show in a programming range for which the characteristics thereof match the selection of one or more of said viewing interests; and
means for outputting a display of an EPG within the programming range, wherein each said TV show corresponding to each said match is displayed with the highlighting corresponding to the match. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. One or more computer-readable media comprising:
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a first code segment that, when executed, provides a UI by which a TV viewer selects viewing interests and highlighting corresponding thereto; and
a second code segment that, when executed, provides an EPG display using EPG data that includes a plurality of TV shows in a programming range each having one or more characteristics, wherein TV shows in the EPG display having characteristics that match the selected viewing interests are displayed with the highlighting corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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