User-Based Program Guide Methods and Systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing, by a media content delivery system, a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots; and
presenting, by the media content delivery system within the program guide view, information identifying one or more media content instances designated for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots by one or more users included in the plurality of users.
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes a media content delivery system 1) providing a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots, and 2) presenting, within the program guide view, information identifying one or more media content instances designated for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots by one or more users included in the plurality of users. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, by a media content delivery system, a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots; and presenting, by the media content delivery system within the program guide view, information identifying one or more media content instances designated for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots by one or more users included in the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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providing, by a media content delivery system, data representative of a program guide that includes a matrix of cells arranged relative to a plurality of axes; wherein the plurality of axes includes a navigable user axis comprising a plurality of positions each associated with a particular user included within a plurality of users and a particular set of one or more cells within the matrix of cells. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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detecting, by a media content delivery system, a designation of access to one or more media content instances available by way of a service provider network by one or more users, the one or more users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user; providing, by the media content delivery system in response to input provided by the main user, a program guide view of a program guide associated with the service provider network for display within a viewing area of a display screen; and presenting, by the media content delivery system within the program guide view, information identifying the one or more media content instances designated for access by the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a program guide facility configured to provide a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots; and a presentation facility communicatively coupled to the program guide facility and configured to present information within the program guide view, the information identifying one or more media content instances designated for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots by one or more users included in the plurality of users.
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21. A system comprising:
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a detection facility configured to detect a designation of access to one or more media content instances available by way of a service provider network by one or more users, the one or more users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user; a program guide facility communicatively coupled to the program guide facility and configured to provide, in response to input provided by the main user, a program guide view of a program guide associated with the service provider network for display within a viewing area of a display screen; and a presentation facility communicatively coupled to the program guide facility and configured to present information within the program guide view, the information identifying the one or more media content instances designated for access by the one or more users.
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