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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
William N. Moran, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Alan Terry Pattison, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Michael T. Dugan, Parker, CO (US);
Anand Menon, Parker, CO (US);
William N. Moran, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Alan Terry Pattison, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Michael T. Dugan, Parker, CO (US);
Anand Menon, Parker, CO (US);
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A television receiving device includes a memory configured to store an electronic program guide. The electronic program guide is divided into channel listings including program information corresponding to television programs being broadcast currently and to television programs scheduled for future broadcast. The device further includes a user interface configured to receive a user input and a processor in communication with the memory and the user interface. The processor is configured to output the electronic program guide to be displayed with, alternatively: 1) at least one channel listing including an expansion icon, where upon the user input indicating a selection of the expansion icon, a single channel listing expands into a plurality of channel listings, or 2) at least one channel including a collapsing icon, where upon the user input indicating a selection of the collapsing icon, a plurality of channel listings collapse into a single channel listing.