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George K Nyako

James Armand Baldwin

David Hendler Sloo

Daniel Danker

Pradhan S Rao

Michael Victor Smith

Techniques are described to provide string customization. In an implementation, a menu document is generated that specifies one or more menu items to be included in a menu that correspond to one or more actions available via code of a module. A string document is generated that specifies one or more strings to represent the one or more menu items in the menu. The menu document and the string document are made available to a client that includes the module to output the menu having the one or more strings to represent the menu items. The one or more strings are selectable to cause a corresponding action to be performed by the module.

String customization

Searching electronic program guide (EPG) data is described. The EPG data may be compartmentalized into channel metadata that describes characteristics of one or more channels and content metadata that describes characteristics of one or more content items. In a implementation, a method includes searching channel metadata and content metadata. A result of the searching is formed for output in conjunction with an electronic program guide (EPG).

Searching electronic program guide data

A television program guide is displayed having a station identifier portion in a first location. A determination is made as to when a user navigates in the television program guide between past programs and future programs. In response to the user navigating in the television program guide between the past programs and the future programs, the station identifier portion is changed to a second location.

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George K Nyako