INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRATED PROGRAM LISTINGS

摘要

An interactive television application such as an interactive televisionprogram guide may display screens of program listings for a user. Such programguide screens may include listings for both scheduled program and for programsthat are without a scheduled start time. Program listings may be displayedbased on time, genre, theme, etc. Menu options may be provided that allow theuser to search for video-on-demand programs by title, actor, keyword, genre,etc.