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Patent No.:

US 8615779 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Charles J. Migos, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ronald A. Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Charles J. Migos, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ronald A. Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Techniques are described to perform electronic program guide (EPG) search. In an implementation, electronic program guide (EPG) data is searched that describes television content and has a plurality of categories. Results of the search are output in an EPG and arranged according to one or more of the categories.


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