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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Luke Vanduyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Daniel Rudolph, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Matthew Coburn, Denver, CO (US);
Karen Taxier, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Luke VanDuyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Daniel Rudolph, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Matthew Coburn, Denver, CO (US);
Karen Taxier, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Abstract
An enhanced electronic program guide (EPG) for television programming may be provided by changing a size of at least a portion of textual information to be displayed in the EPG. In embodiments, a television receiving device may include: a memory configured to store an EPG, the EPG including textual information corresponding to television programs scheduled to be broadcast; a user interface configured to receive user input; and a processor in communication with the memory and the user interface, configured to output the EPG to be displayed with at least one portion of the textual information in a first size in response to first user input received via the user interface, and configured to output the EPG to be displayed with the at least one portion of the textual information in a second size different from the first size in response to a second user input received via the user interface.