Television scheduling system for displaying a grid representing

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1996-08-13

1998-03-24

Peng, John K.

Television

Basic receiver with additional function

For display of additional information

348565, 348564, 348 10, 348903, 348569, 395326, H04N 5445

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057318441

ABSTRACT:
A computer method and system for providing a user with efficient selection of a television program to view or record. The method provides concurrent display of a television schedule with a graphic description and a textual description of the television program currently selected by the user from the displayed television schedule. The displayed television schedule comprises a schedule layout displayed to the user on a screen display. The schedule layout includes a number of program names arranged in an adaptively learned order based on the frequency of the user's previous selections. Each time a program name is selected by the user, the graphic description and the textual description of the television program represented by the selected program name are displayed concurrently with the adaptively ordered schedule layout. Thus, the user can select a television program perceptively and without delay.

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