Television system with aided content selection

TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH AIDED CONTENT SELECTION In a system for scheduling content items accessible to a receiver having a processor (120), at least one type of memory (150, 160, 170) bi-directionally connected to the processor (120), a data receiving block (110), an A/V block (130) for transmitting an output AN signal, and external interfaces (140), the processor (120) comprises a schedule parameters module (121) for receiving and processing user's parameters input, a schedule search module (122) for searching local or remote schedule databases using parameters defined by the schedule parameters module (121) and a module (123) for adjusting and presenting content items to a user. These three modules (121, 122, 123) in another embodiment of the system can be separate modules placed outside the processor (120). Content service display request Read service query Read current user interest query Create combined query Send combined query b search engine Receive search results Fg 607 Present searchreut Fig. 6