APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EPG SORTING AND AUTOMATIC REALIGNMENT

• US 20160234561A1
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Chai, Crx K., Fishman, Alex, Huntington, Matthew, Chellin, Isaac, Lu, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 10,063,930 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method for electronic program guide (EPG) sorting and automatic realignment is provided. In example embodiments, a graphical user interface having an EPG including a plurality of rows of thumbnails representing programs is presented on a device of a user. Each row of thumbnails may be navigated independent of other rows. A navigational input is received via a touchscreen of the device. The navigational input indicates an action performed on the graphical user interface that triggers a realignment of programming information presented on the EPG. An updated EPG with the realignment of the programming information indicated by the navigational input is then provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing a graphical user interface having an electronic program guide (EPG) including a plurality of rows of thumbnails representing programs to be presented on a device of a user, each row of thumbnails allowing navigation independent of other rows;

receiving a navigational input on a touchscreen of the device that triggers a realignment of the thumbnails representing the programs presented on the EPG;

realigning, using a processor of a machine, the EPG with updated thumbnails based on the navigational input; and

presenting an updated EPG with the updated thumbnails resulting from the navigational input.