Vertically oriented program guide for media content access systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a media content processing subsystem comprising at least one processor configured to provide a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewingpane and a second viewing pane to a display for presentation to a user,provide a first selector object within said first viewing pane,provide a list of content channels within said first viewing pane, andprovide within said second viewing pane and in response to a content channel included in said list of content channels being moved into said first selector object;
a time axis comprising a plurality of consecutive time slots in a time period and arranged vertically and chronologically in said second viewing pane,a plurality of vertically oriented graphical blocks corresponding to said plurality of consecutive time slots and representative of a plurality of media content instances available via said content channel during at least one of said plurality of consecutive time slots within said time period represented by said time axis, anda second selector object;
wherein, when a first graphical block that is included in said plurality of graphical blocks is located within said second selector object of said second viewing pane, said media content processing subsystem is configured to;
display, within said first graphical block, enhanced program guide information corresponding to a media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances, said first graphical block representative of said media content instance; and
accentuate a size of said first graphical block to allow said enhanced program guide information to be displayed within said first graphical block.
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Abstract
An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewing pane and a second viewing pane to a display for presentation to a user, provide a selector object within the first viewing pane, and provide a list of content channels within the first viewing pane. When one content channel of the list of content channels is located within the selector object, the media content processing subsystem is further configured to provide within the second viewing pane a vertically oriented time axis and a vertically oriented list of at least one media content instance entry corresponding to at least one media content instance available via the one content channel during a time period represented by the time axis.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
- a media content processing subsystem comprising at least one processor configured to provide a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewing
pane and a second viewing pane to a display for presentation to a user, provide a first selector object within said first viewing pane, provide a list of content channels within said first viewing pane, and provide within said second viewing pane and in response to a content channel included in said list of content channels being moved into said first selector object; a time axis comprising a plurality of consecutive time slots in a time period and arranged vertically and chronologically in said second viewing pane, a plurality of vertically oriented graphical blocks corresponding to said plurality of consecutive time slots and representative of a plurality of media content instances available via said content channel during at least one of said plurality of consecutive time slots within said time period represented by said time axis, and a second selector object; wherein, when a first graphical block that is included in said plurality of graphical blocks is located within said second selector object of said second viewing pane, said media content processing subsystem is configured to; display, within said first graphical block, enhanced program guide information corresponding to a media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances, said first graphical block representative of said media content instance; and accentuate a size of said first graphical block to allow said enhanced program guide information to be displayed within said first graphical block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a media content processing subsystem comprising at least one processor configured to provide a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewing
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9. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
at least one facility configured to direct said at least one processor togenerate a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewing pane and a second viewing pane, generate a first selector object within said first viewing pane, generate a list of content channels within said first viewing pane, and generate within said second viewing pane and in response to a content channel included in said list of content channels being moved into said first selector object; a time axis comprising a plurality of consecutive time slots in a time period and arranged vertically and chronologically in said second viewing pane, a plurality of vertically oriented graphical blocks corresponding to said plurality of consecutive time slots and representative of a plurality of media content instances available via said content channel during at least one of said plurality of consecutive time slots within said time period represented by said time axis, and a second selector object;
wherein, when a first graphical block that is included in said plurality of graphical blocks is located within said second selector object of said second viewing pane, said at least one facility is configured to direct said at least one processor to;
display, within said first graphical block, enhanced program guide information corresponding to a media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances, said first graphical block representative of said media content instance; and
accentuate a size of said first graphical block to allow said enhanced program guide information to be displayed within said first graphical block; and
an output driver configured to provide said program guide graphical user interface to a display for presentation to a user.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- at least one processor;
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15. A method comprising:
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providing, by at least one computing device, a program guide graphical user interface having at least a first viewing pane and a second viewing pane to a display for presentation to a user; providing, by the at least one computing device, a first selector object within said first viewing pane to said display for presentation to said user; providing, by the at least one computing device, a list of content channels within said first viewing pane to said display for presentation to said user; and providing within said second viewing pane, by the at least one computing device in response to one content channel of said list of said content channels being moved into said first selector object; a time axis comprising a plurality of consecutive time slots in a time period and arranged vertically and chronologically in said second viewing pane, a plurality of vertically oriented graphical blocks corresponding to said plurality of consecutive time slots and representative of a plurality of media content instances available via said one content channel during at least one of said plurality of consecutive time slots within said time period represented by said time axis, and a second selector object;
wherein, when a first graphical block that is included in said plurality of graphical blocks is located within said second selector object of said second viewing pane, said method further comprises;
displaying, by the at least one computing device within the first graphical block, enhanced program guide information corresponding to a media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances, said first graphical block representative of said media content instance; and
accentuating, by the at least one computing device, a size of said first graphical block to allow said enhanced program guide information to be displayed within said first graphical block.- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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