Abstract: A digital interactive television set device for selecting program guide data corresponding to available programming content. A processor filters the programming guide data according to different filter categories and also individual filter ranges associated with respective categories, and provides a corresponding display on the television. A graphical user interface provides a horizontal scroll bar with scroll bar elements signifying individual filter ranges of the filter categories, such that when selected individually, scroll bar elements of a vertical scroll bar signify individual program content items from the program data that fall within the filter category and range of the selected horizontal bar element, at least one of the scroll bar elements of the horizontal scroll bar comprising a multiple depiction of more than one of the individual filter ranges of filter categories, whereby an individual one of the filter ranges may be selected from the multiple depiction.

Abstract: A multimedia apparatus provides a graphical chat user interface on a display by receiving a broadcast video signal, receiving text communications from at least one other television viewer, displaying said broadcast video signal in a first display area, determining the identity and the theme of the television programming, selecting a background image from an image database so that the background image matches the theme, inserting the background image as a background in a second display area and superimposing the text communications on top of the background image. The graphical chat user interface is can display avatar and action images as well.

Abstract: A digital interactive television set has a programming guide data selection device for selecting program guide data corresponding to available programming content. A processor (2) is operable to filter the programming guide data according to different filter categories such as time, channel and content type, and also individual filter ranges associated with the respective categories, and provide a corresponding display on the television set by means of a graphical user interface process (27).