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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Huy Q. Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Huy Q. Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for performing multi-level searches includes a user device and a display associated with the user device. A guide system receives a content provider category for a first content and receives a global guide category different than the content provider category for the first content. A communication network communicates the global guide category and the provider category to the user device. The user device performs a global search and displays on the display the first content in response to the global guide category and displays on the display a provider homepage with the first content displayed under the content provider category.