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A remote control system in which a program-up or program-down activation on a control remote device effects the selection of the next or prior available channel that is likely to contain a program of a particular selected genre, or category. The system includes an identification of those programs th

A remote control system in which a program-up or program-down activation on a control remote device effects the selection of the next or prior available channel that is likely to contain a program of a particular selected genre, or category. The system includes an identification of those programs that are likely to relate to each particular category. When the user selects a category, the user incrementally selects from the programs contained within the selected category. In the system, a list builder includes a number of capabilities for improving the selective quality of the program selection, having access, for example, to an information source that provides the time of each scheduled program on each channel, and an indication of each program's genre, rating, and other related items.

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1. A remote control system comprising:a remote control having a category selector for selecting a selected category from a plurality of categories, and an increment control for communicating an increment command; means for receiving a plurality of program entries from an information source, each of

1. A remote control system comprising:a remote control having a category selector for selecting a selected category from a plurality of categories, and an increment control for communicating an increment command; means for receiving a plurality of program entries from an information source, each of said program entries including a program identification, a program category and a program channel; a list builder for creating a plurality of category lists corresponding to said plurality of categories, each category list including program entries of said plurality of program entries based on the program category of each program entry; and a channel selector, operably coupled to the remote control, for, in response to the increment control, accessing one category list of said plurality of category lists corresponding to the selected category, determining a next program entry from the program entries in said one category list, and determining a channel number based on the program channel of said next program entry.