Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for performing multi-level program guide category searches
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Application No.: US11828935Application Date: 2007-07-26
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Publication No.: US09727562B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Jeffrey L. Sharkey , Huy Q. Tran
- Applicant: Jeffrey L. Sharkey , Huy Q. Tran
- Applicant Address: US CA El Segundo
- Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Segundo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/434 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/84

Abstract:
A method and system for performing multi-level searches includes a user device and a display associated with the user device. A guide system receives a content provider category for a first content and receives a global guide category different than the content provider category for the first content. A communication network communicates the global guide category and the provider category to the user device. The user device performs a global search and displays on the display the first content in response to the global guide category and displays on the display a provider homepage with the first content displayed under the content provider category.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090030879A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-LEVEL PROGRAM GUIDE CATEGORY SEARCHES Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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