Program guide data selection device

An interactive display device for displaying content from a plurality of different sources thereof on a display screen, including a programming guide data selection device for selecting program guide data corresponding to available programming content, comprising:

• a processor operable to filter the programming guide data according to different filter categories and individual filter ranges associated with the respective categories, a graphical user interface to provide a display on the display screen that includes a focus region, first and second transversely extending scroll bars which intersect in the focus region, and which each comprise a plurality of scroll bar elements, the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar signifying individual filter ranges of the filter categories, which are individually selectable by being scrolled into the focus region, such that when selected individually, the scroll bar elements of the second scroll bar signify individual program content items from the program data that fall within the filter category and range of the selected first scroll bar element, said individual program content items being individually selectable by scrolling the second scroll bar to place the element of the second scroll bar that corresponds to the program item into the focus region, at least one of the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar comprising a multiple depiction of more than one said individual filter ranges of filter categories, selectable from the multiple depiction individually by being moved into the focus region, and
• a controller operable by a user to scroll the scroll bar elements of the first and second scroll bars through the focus region to select individual program items.

A method of operating a graphical user interface to select content items form programming guide data the user interface including a focus region, first and second transversely extending scroll bars which intersect in the focus region and which each comprise a plurality of scroll bar elements, the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar signifying individual filter ranges of filter categories, which are individually selectable by being scrolled into the focus region. such that when selected individually, the scroll bar elements of the second scroll bar signify individual program content items from the program data that fall within the filter category and range of the selected first scroll bar element, said individual program content items being individually selectable by scrolling the second scroll bar to place the element of the second scroll bar that corresponds to the program item into the focus region, at least one of the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar comprising a multiple depiction of more than one of said individual filter ranges of filter categories, whereby an individual one of the filter ranges may be selected from the multiple depiction, the method comprising:

• selecting an individual filter range and category from the multiple depiction for an individual one of the scroll bar elements of the first scroll bar by moving the selected depiction into the focus region;
• displaying program content items form the programming data corresponding to the selected an individual filter range and category in the scroll bar elements of the second scroll bar, and
• selecting one of the program items by scrolling the second scroll bar to place the item to be selected into the focus region.