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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Peter Leong, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Flemming R. Hansen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter Leong, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Flemming R. Hansen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for searching using a user device that includes a memory and an event table formation module forming an event table in the memory having event objects comprising an event time and container object identifier for each program event. The user device includes a user interface that generates search criteria associated with a content type. A search module forms a search window based on the content type, searches for event objects within the event table by comparing the event time and the search window, determines content data based from the container object associated with the event object, and displays content data on a display associated with the user device.