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Method and apparatus for browsing television channel information by category

  • US 6,243,145 B1
  • Filed: 05/01/1998
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A terminal for providing program information to a display in a cable television system, the terminal comprising:

  • a memory for storing the program information including channel information and category information indicative of categories and channels associated with the categories;

    a receiver coupled to the memory for receiving at least one user input indicative of a selection of a category; and

    a processor, coupled to the memory and the receiver and, when in a browse mode, operative for;

    setting, in response a first user input indicative of the selection of a category, a selected category as the category associated with the first user input;

    determining, in response to a second user input indicative of the selection of a category, if the category associated with the second user input is a different category from the category associated with the first user input; and

    setting, in response to the category associated with the second user input being a different category, the selected category to be the category associated with the second user input; and

    activating the display to present only program information associated with channels included in the selected category.

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