System for displaying programming information
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for retrieving and displaying items of electronic information, comprising the steps of:
- scrolling a first display, which contemporaneously displays a first plurality of the items of electronic information, until a first item of the first plurality of the items of electronic informaton appears within a viewing panel and is proximate to an indicator that provides an indication of the selection of the first item, wherein the viewing panel extends along and defines a portion of the first display and a portion of a second display;
moving the indicator along the viewing panel to the second display; and
scrolling the second display, which contemporaneously displays a second plurality of the items of information, until a second item of the second plurality of the items of electronic information appears within the viewing panel and is associated with the indicator, so that the indicator provides an indication of the selection of the second item.
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Abstract
A system for retrieving and displaying programming information in response to selection of a category of programming information. Programming information is presented via a schedule display having a category display, a subcategory category display, and a program display. The category display displays an array of category tiles representing categories of programming information. The subcategory display displays an array of subcategory tiles representing subcategories that are associated with the categories of the category display. The program display displays an array of program tiles that are associated with the subcategories of the subcategory display. A viewing panel extends along each of the displays for displaying one each of the category, subcategory, and program tiles. Classes of programming information are selected by scrolling the tiles of the associated displays until the desired class items are presented within the viewing panel.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for retrieving and displaying items of electronic information, comprising the steps of:
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scrolling a first display, which contemporaneously displays a first plurality of the items of electronic information, until a first item of the first plurality of the items of electronic informaton appears within a viewing panel and is proximate to an indicator that provides an indication of the selection of the first item, wherein the viewing panel extends along and defines a portion of the first display and a portion of a second display; moving the indicator along the viewing panel to the second display; and scrolling the second display, which contemporaneously displays a second plurality of the items of information, until a second item of the second plurality of the items of electronic information appears within the viewing panel and is associated with the indicator, so that the indicator provides an indication of the selection of the second item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for displaying items of electronic information, comprising:
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a first display for contemporaneously displaying a first plurality of the items of electronic information; a second display for contemporaneously displaying a second plurality of the items of the electronic information; a viewing panel extending along and defining only a portion of each of the first and the second displays to display one item of each of the first plurality of items of electronic information and the second plurality of items of electronic information for viewing within the viewing panel; and an indicator operative for moving only along the viewing panel to provide an indication of the selection of one of the items displayed by the viewing panel when the indicator is moved to a position proximate to one of the first display or the second display. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for retrieving and displaying electronic information comprising category items and information items, the category items presented within a category display and the information items presented within an information display, comprising the steps of:
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scrolling the category display until a first category item appears within a viewing panel extending in a fixed position along and defining only a portion of the category display and only a portion of the information display, the category display operable to contemporaneously display more than one of the category items and being scrollable when an indicator movable along the viewing panel is positioned proximate to the category display; moving the indicator along the viewing panel from the category display to a position on the viewing panel proximate to the information display; scrolling the information display that corresponds to the first category, wherein the information display comprises a selection of the information items and the information display is scrolled until a first information item appears within the viewing panel, the information display operable to contemporaneously display more than one of the information items and being scrollable when the indicator is positioned proximate to the information display, wherein the first category item and the first information item are presented within the viewing panel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for displaying items of electronic information, comprising:
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a category display for contemporaneously displaying a plurality of category tiles representing categories of the items of electronic information in response to scrolling the category tiles; an information display for contemporaneously displaying a plurality of information tiles representing the items of electronic information in response to scrolling the information tiles, wherein each of the items of electronic information is associated with at least one of the categories; and a viewing panel extending along only a portion of each of the category display and the information display for displaying one each of the category tiles and information tiles; and an indicator, movable only along the viewing panel, operative to provide an indication of the selection of one of the category tiles displayed within the viewing panel when the indicator is positioned proximate to the category display, the indicator further operative to provide an indication of the selection of one of the information tiles when the indicator is positioned proximate to the information display, wherein the information display, responsive to one of the category tiles representing a selected category appearing within the viewing panel, displays at least one of the information tiles representing an available one of the items of electronic information associated with the selected category, wherein the category display is scrollable when the indicator is positioned proximate to the category display and the information display is scrollable when the indicator is moved from a position proximate to the category display to a position proximate to the information display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for retrieving and displaying electronic information comprising category items and information items, the category items presented within a category display and the information items presented within an information display, comprising the steps of:
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scrolling the category display until a first category item appears within a viewing panel extending in a fixed position along and defining only a portion of the category display and only a portion of the information display, the category display operable to contemporaneously display more than one of the category items and being scrollable only while an indicator movable along the viewing panel is positioned proximate to the category display; moving the indicator along the viewing panel from a position proximate to the category display to a position proximate to the information display, which is operable to contemporaneously display more than one of the information item; scrolling the information display until a first information item appears within the viewing panel while the indicator is positioned proximate to the information display, the first information item corresponding to the category for the first category item, wherein the viewing panel displays the first category item and the first information item and the indicator provides an indication of each direction that the category display is scrollable when the indicator is positioned proximate to the category display and an indication of each direction that the information display is scrollable when the indicator is positioned proximate to the information display. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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