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 computer system capable of being used in association with a television and a remote control, the computer system comprising:
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a wireless communication interface capable of permitting, when the computer system is in operation, wireless communication between the computer system and a 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, in response to user input, 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 to be received, at least in part, by the computer system via Internet; the icons comprising video content category icons, a search icon, and a chat icon; the category icons being associated with one or more respective selectable video content subcategory icons whose selection results in display of one or more associated 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, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for use by a computer system, the computer system being capable of being used in association with a television and a remote control, the instructions when executed by the computer system resulting in performance of operations comprising:
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permitting establishment of wireless communication between a wireless communication interface of the computer system and the remote control; displaying, on the television, a graphical user interface that is capable of presenting, in response to user input, 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 to be received, at least in part, by the computer system via Internet; the icons comprising video content category icons, a search icon, and a chat icon; the category icons being associated with one or more respective selectable video content subcategory icons whose selection results in display of one or more associated 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 (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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