Search and display techniques for an electronic programming guide
AssigneeEldon Technology Limited
InventorDale Llewelyn Mountain
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Abstract
Various arrangements for organizing search results within an electronic programming guide of a television programming device are presented. A search string may be received by a television programming device from an end-user. A set of television programming information stored by a storage device local to the television programming device may be searched using the search string. Each search result, as presented to an end-user, may be accented by a color defined to convey a relationship between the search string and the search result.
Claims20
A method for organizing search results within an electronic programming guide of a television programming device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the television programming device, a search string, wherein the search string comprises information related to television programming;
- searching, by the television programming device, a set of television programming information stored by a storage device local to the television programming device using the search string;
- identifying, by the television programming device, a first search result and a second search result, wherein each of the first search result and the second search result comprises a television channel, a time, and a television program;
- selecting, by the television programming device, a first color at least partially based on a first relationship between the search string and the first search result;
- selecting, by the television programming device, a second color at least partially based on a second relationship between the search string and the second search result, wherein the second relationship is different from the first relationship;
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- outputting from TV device to a presentation device, by the television programming device, via a display, the first search result displayed with the first color and the second search result displayed with the second color.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:
- receive a search string, wherein the search string comprises information related to television programming;
- search a set of television programming information stored by a local storage device using the search string;
- identify a first search result and a second search result, wherein each of the first search result and the second search result comprises a television channel, a time, and a television program;
- select a first color at least partially based on a first relationship between the search string and the first search result;
- select a second color at least partially based on a second relationship between the search string and the second search result, wherein the second relationship is different from the first relationship;
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- output, for display, the first search result with the first color and the second search result displayed with the second color within an electronic programming guide.
A television programming device configured to organize search results within an electronic programming guide, the television programming device comprising:
- a processor;
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- a storage device, the storage device configured to store instructions configured to cause the processor to:
- cause a search string to be received, wherein the search string comprises information related to television programming;
- search a set of television programming information stored by a local storage device using the search string;
- identify a first search result and a second search result, wherein each of the first search result and the second search result comprises a television channel, a time, and a television program;
- select a first color at least partially based on a first relationship between the search string and the first search result;
- select a second color at least partially based on a second relationship between the search string and the second search result, wherein the second relationship is different from the first relationship;
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- generate for display the first search result using the first color and the second search result using the second color within the electronic programming guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.