electronic program guide to indicate the future availability of past programs

摘要

System (1, 2) to provide an electronic program guide, comprising: means (5, 12, 25, 19, 20) for receiving and storing data listings paramúltiples programming guide channels; means (15, 28) for displaying, based on the data currently stored listings, unaselección program listings that are currently being broadcast or programs that will begin aemitirse in the future; means (15, 28) for displaying, based on the data currently stored listings, algunoslistados programs that are no longer issued; means (3, 17) to identify the data currently listed currently recorded, which of losprogramas who have ceased to be issued is scheduled to begin airing again in unfuturo; means (5, 12, 25, 19, 20) for successively receiving and storing data listings guide future deprogramming for multiple channels; means (3, 17) to automatically compare listings data previously stored with losdatos listed successively stored, in order to identify data previously listadosalmacenados which of the programs that are no longer issued is programadoempiecen airing again in a future; means (15, 28) to differentiate the appearance of on-screen listings of programs that have left deemitirse and is scheduled to start airing again in the future, for listings in pantallade programs that are no longer issued and is not scheduled to begin airing again in thefuture; means for receiving a user selection of a function to be activated for one of the programs listed in pantallade no longer issued and is not scheduled to begin airing again in thefuture; means for automatically comparing said one of the programs listed on screen with data delistados guide future programming received and stored on, to try encontraruna match for one of those listed on screen programs; and means for, if said match is found, select the user selected function.