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Methods and systems for providing information about programs available for viewing

  • US 6,499,138 B1
  • Filed: 09/10/1999
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A user interface presented on a monitor of a media device for providing a viewer with information about programs and shows available for viewing, the user interface comprising:

  • an array displaying on the monitor of the media device three columns having commonly aligned rows;

    the three columns comprising a channel column, a current show column, and a next show column;

    each row of the channel column comprising a channel indicator;

    each row of the current show column comprising a current show title, the current show title naming a program available for viewing at the current time on a channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in a commonly aligned row in the channel column; and

    each row of the next show column comprising a next show title, the next show title naming a show available for viewing after the program available for viewing at the current time on the channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in the commonly aligned row in the channel column, whereby the viewer is provided with the information about the program available for viewing at the current time and the show available after the program on a particular channel by a review of a corresponding particular row in the array that is commonly aligned in the three columns.

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