The Directv Group, Inc.

Kenny C Chen

Eric J Bennett

Robert G Arsenault

Raynold M Kahn

John L Norin

Romulo Cruz Pontual

Stephen P Dulac

Sui-Ky Ringo Ling

David Eric Shanks

Luke J Crook

Jeffrey L Sharkey

Tommi J Iten

Peter Leong

Huy Q Tran

Gordon H Chen

David P Green

Steven Kasakitis

John D Choi

Michelle L Vagnati

Flemming R Hansen

Christopher R Roy

Yoonjung Kim

Leo Wu

Eric H Chang

Justin T Dick

Andrew J Schneider

Melissa H Tullues

Marcin Spatzier

A system and method for searching for content in a user device includes a receiver receiving a plurality of data objects. The user device includes a search module comprising a parsing module parsing search data from the plurality of data objects and a memory interface module storing search data within a memory of the user device. The search module comprises a search performance module searching the search data in response to a search query. The search module comprises a search results module generating search results from the search data. The user device is associated with a display that displays the search results.

Method and system for searching for content in a user device

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for searching available programs in a broadcast system. A system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a transmitter, transmitting a plurality of video programs and a program guide, the program guide comprising information related to the plurality of video programs, a receiver for receiving the plurality of programs and the program guide from the transmitter, a monitor, coupled to the receiver, for displaying at least a selected one of the plurality of video programs and for selectively displaying the program guide, and a remote control, coupled to the receiver, wherein the receiver accepts at least one input from the remote control, compares the information in the program to the at least one input, and presents a search result of programs from the plurality of programs having a matching characteristic with the at least one input.

Method and apparatus to search for program content via a remote control interface

A system and method for communicating content to a user device includes a head end that communicates metadata for a plurality of content including the content titles. The system also includes the user device that generates a screen display comprising the plurality of content titles from the metadata and generates a selection corresponding to a first content title from a user interface, the user device adds metadata for the first content title to a queue and displays the queue in a priority order on the screen display. The user device is tuned to receive content corresponding to the first content title and stores the content in a storage device.

Method and system of building a wanted list queue for a user in a content distribution system

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Kenny C Chen