Claims
- 1. A television schedule system comprising:
- a data input for receiving data;
- a memory for storing the received data, the received data including a database of television schedule information, including titles of television shows;
- a user input device for receiving commands;
- a television monitor; and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the user input device, and the television monitor, the processor being programmed to utilize the database to display on the television monitor a portion of the television schedule information, including titles, to highlight on the monitor responsive to the user input device the title of a show on a particular channel; and to display on the television monitor the title of the next show on the particular channel, in addition to the highlighted title; and
- wherein the monitor displays the title of the next show on the particular channel in an information pop-up every time the highlighted show is about to conclude.
- 2. The system of claim 1, in which the monitor displays in the information pop-up the number of minutes remaining in the show on a particular channel highlighted on the monitor.
- 3. The system of claim 1, in which the monitor displays in the information pop-up the number of minutes before the next show on a particular channel will be on.
- 4. A television schedule system comprising:
- a data input for receiving data;
- a memory for storing the received data, the received data including a database of television schedule information, including titles of television shows;
- a user input device for receiving commands;
- a television monitor;
- a processor coupled to the memory, the user input device, and the television monitor, the processor being programmed to utilize the database to display on the television monitor a portion of the television schedule information, including titles, to highlight on the monitor responsive to the user input device the title of a show on a particular channel; and to display on the television monitor the title of the next show on the particular channel, in addition to the highlighted title; and
- wherein the processor is programmed to sort alphabetically titles of television shows and the alphabetical sorting is performed in the background without interfering with the displaying of a show on the television monitor.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a nonprovisional application of U.S. provisional patent application "TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FEATURES," U.S. Ser. No. 60/020,989, filed Jun. 17, 1996, having Brian Lee Klosterman et al. as the inventors and assigned to StarSight Telecast, Inc.
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