SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PLANNING OF ELECTRONIC GUIDE OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS WITH DISPLAY AND SEARCH OF PROGRAMS WITH LIST OF ALPHABETICAL TITLES.

摘要

AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM IS PRESENTED THAT INCLUDES A RECEIVER TO RECEIVE NORMAL ISSUANCE PROGRAMS, SATELLITE OR CABLE ISSUED FOR A PLURALITY OF TELEVISION CHANNELS AND A TUNER TO TUNE A TELEVISION RECEPTION TO A SELECTED CHANNEL OF THE PLURALITY. A DATA PROCESSOR RECEIVES AND STORE IN A MEMORY THE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING INFORMATION FOR A PLURALITY OF PROGRAMS THAT APPEAR ON THE PLURALITY OF TELEVISION CHANNELS. A USER CONTROL DEVICE, SUCH AS A REMOTE CONTROL, IS USED BY THE TELEVIDER TO CHOOSE CONTROL COMMANDS AND TRANSMIT SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO THE DATA PROCESSOR THAT RECEIVES THE SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO USER CONTROL COMMANDS. A TELEVISION RECEIVER IS USED TO SHOW THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING INFORMATION. A VIDEO GENERATOR IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE VIDEO CONTROL COMMANDS FROM THE DATA PROCESSOR TO GENERATE AND SHOW PLURALITY OF TELEVISION PROGRAM TITLES ABOUT THE TELEVISION RECEIVER, THE PLURALITY OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS IS ALPHABETICALLY SHOWN BY TITLE. A MEANS OF SELECTION IS PROVIDED THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT A TITLE TO SHOW IT ON THE TELEVISION RECEIVER SELECTING THE N CHARACTERS OF THE TITLE.