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Vertically oriented program guide for media content access systems and methods

  • US 9,118,869 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2007
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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 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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