MULTIPLE DATABASE, USER-CHOICE-COMPILED PROGRAM AND EVENT GUIDE
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Abstract
An electronic programming guide generator utilizes filters to select only programming filtered to display in an electronic programming guide display.
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32 Claims
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5. A method for displaying program listings, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of program listings, wherein each of the program listings comprises a unique identifier and title; receiving a filter that includes at least one identifier which is associated one-to-one with a program listing, wherein the filter is generated at a remote server; retrieving, for each of the at least one identifier included in the received filter, the stored program listing with the unique identifier that corresponds one-to-one with the at least one identifier included in the received filter; and providing a display that includes the title of each program listing retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for displaying program listings, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of program listings, wherein each of the program listings comprises a unique identifier and title; a receiver for receiving a filter that includes at least one identifier which is associated one-to-one with a program listing, wherein the filter is generated at a remote server; and control circuitry configured to; retrieve, from the memory, for each of the at least one identifier included in the received filter, the program listing with the unique identifier that corresponds one-to-one with the at least one identifier included in the received filter; and display, on a display screen, the title of each program listing retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing program listings comprising:
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storing a plurality of identifiers that are each associated one-to-one with each of a plurality of program listings; receiving a filter comprising a set of filter entries, wherein the set of filter entries is predetermined and each of the filter entries is associated one-to-one with a program listing and associated one-to-one with a stored identifier; comparing the plurality of identifiers with the set of filter entries to form a set of identifiers, wherein the set of identifiers includes at least one of the plurality of identifiers that is associated one-to-one with a filter entry; and displaying, in an electronic program guide, the program listings associated with each of the identifiers in the set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for managing program listings, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of identifiers that are each associated one-to-one with each of a plurality of program listings; a receiver for receiving a filter comprising a set of filter entries, wherein the set of filter entries is predetermined and each of the filter entries is associated one-to-one with a program listing and associated one-to-one with a stored identifier; and control circuitry configured to; compare the plurality of identifiers, stored in the memory, with the set of filter entries, received by the receiver, to form a set of identifiers, wherein the set of identifiers includes at least one of the plurality of identifiers that is associated one-to-one with a filter entry; and display, on a display screen, the program listings associated with each of the identifiers in the set. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification