Electronic Programming Guide With Selectable Categories
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Abstract
An electronic content guide may organize content such as television programs into categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories may be topical as well as time-based. As a result, the user can select a given time-based criteria and within that time-based criteria select topical subcategories. As a result, the number of programs that may be displayed in any given graphical user interface may be reduced to a manageable level. This may be done without requiring a great deal of scrolling to view selected categories, subcategories and particular programs.
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5. A computerized system comprising:
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a receiver of a television capable of being operative with a tuner for receiving and demodulating broadcast signals; a decoder to decode demodulated broadcast signals; a remote control; a wireless communication interface capable of permitting, when the system is in operation, wireless communication between the system and the remote control; a processor to execute program instructions that, when executed, result in performance of operations comprising; displaying, on the television, a graphical user interface that is capable of presenting user selectable icons and related information associated, at least in part, with video content items that are capable of being selected, via the graphical user interface, for viewing on the television, the video content items being capable of being received, at least in part, by the system via Internet; the user selectable icons comprising one or more video content category icons, a search icon, and a chat icon; the one or more category icons being associated with one or more selectable video content subcategory icons whose selection results in display of one or more selectable video content item icons; the search icon being to facilitate keyword searching for available video content items, the available video content items including at least one video content item associated with currently ongoing video content; the chat icon being capable of being selected, after the at least one video content item has been selected for display, to permit chatting related to the at least one video content item. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for use by a computerized system, the computerized system comprising a receiver of a television capable of being operative with a tuner for receiving and demodulating broadcast signals, a remote control, a decoder to decode demodulated broadcast signals, and a wireless communication interface, the instructions when executed by the computerized system resulting in performance of operations comprising:
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permitting establishment of wireless communication between a wireless communication interface of the computerized system and the remote control; displaying, on the television, a graphical user interface that is capable of presenting user selectable icons and related information associated, at least in part, with video content items that are capable of being selected, via the graphical user interface, for viewing on the television, the video content items being capable of being received, at least in part, by the system via Internet; the user selectable icons comprising one or more video content category icons, a search icon, and a chat icon; the one or more category icons being associated with one or more selectable video content subcategory icons whose selection results in display of one or more selectable video content item icons; the search icon being to facilitate keyword searching for available video content items, the available video content items including at least one video content item associated with currently ongoing video content; the chat icon being capable of being selected, after the at least one video content item has been selected for display, to permit chatting related to the at least one video content item. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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