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An interactive audio-visual (A/V) transceiver is advantageously coupled to a television and/or telephone (T/T) cable, a TV, a video recorder (VCR), and other A/V devices. The A/V transceiver switches data between a program/service provider and the connected A/V devices. In one embodiment, the transc

An interactive audio-visual (A/V) transceiver is advantageously coupled to a television and/or telephone (T/T) cable, a TV, a video recorder (VCR), and other A/V devices. The A/V transceiver switches data between a program/service provider and the connected A/V devices. In one embodiment, the transceiver includes three primary modules, a main module including a CPU, a system bus, system memory, an infra-red (IR) control unit, an audio-visual bus, an A/V decoder, an A/V processor, and an A/V encoder, an A/V connect module including a number of tuner/demodulators and a switch, and an optional CD ROM module. The A/V transceiver hardware is complemented with an operating system and software program which supports the functions provided in the A/V user interface. Additionally, a remote control device is provided to communicate with the A/V transceiver to interactively manage selection of program and service sources, selection program and service offerings from any selected source, viewing of selected program offerings, and interaction with selected service offerings. The remote control device is advantageously provided with a basic A/V control button group, an interactive control button group, an auxiliary control button group and a numeric key pad to facilitate control of the transceiver. The interactive control button group includes an info button, a list button, a categories button, a pix button, a mark button, a jump button, and a pointing device consisting of up, down, left, and right arrow buttons, and a center select button.

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An audio-visual system comprising: a transceiver coupled to an audio-visual (A/V) display for receiving audio-visual signals in an electronic signal spectrum from a signal source, said transceiver including an interface generator for displaying a listing interface on said A/V display, said interface

An audio-visual system comprising: a transceiver coupled to an audio-visual (A/V) display for receiving audio-visual signals in an electronic signal spectrum from a signal source, said transceiver including an interface generator for displaying a listing interface on said A/V display, said interface generator including a list generator for selectively displaying listing information related to audio-visual programs which may be viewed on said A/V display; a controller in communication with said transceiver for permitting a user viewing said A/V display to selectively display said listing information on said A/V display; wherein said controller includes a control having an activator for activating said list generator in said transceiver, the activation of said list generator resulting in said listing interface being displayed on said A/V display; and wherein said listing interface includes a picture in a picture (PIP) window in which an audio-visual program viewed by said user prior to said activation of said list generator is displayed in said PIP window.