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Time-based graphical user interface for television program information

  • US 20060031880A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2005
  • Published: 02/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for a computing device to present information about television programs via a graphical user interface, the method comprising:

  • receiving metadata information for each of a plurality of indicated television programs that are each available for presentation at an associated presentation time;

    determining a plurality of the indicated television programs that have associated presentation times that occur during a selected period of time, and identifying one or more other of the indicated television programs that have associated presentation times that do not occur during the selected period of time; and

    displaying to a user of the computing device a graphical user interface having information about television programs available for presentation, the displayed graphical user interface including at least some of the received metadata information for each of the determined plurality of television programs, the displayed graphical user interface further including a first timebar that includes indications of times outside the selected period of time and that includes a graphical indicator for each of at least one of the identified one or more other television programs, each graphical indicator for an identified television program being displayed on the first timebar at an indicated time that corresponds to the associated presentation time of the identified television program, so that metadata information is displayed for programs that occur during the selected period of time and so that indications are displayed for at least some programs that occur outside the selected period of time.

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