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Providing a program listing

  • US 9,973,826 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2016
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a multi-pane display of programs being viewed by a plurality of social contacts of a user, comprising:

  • receiving, at a hardware processor, program identifier data representing programs currently being viewed by the plurality of social contacts of the user or previously viewed by the plurality of social contacts of the user, wherein each of the program identifier data was automatically generated in response to one of the plurality of social contacts of the user viewing one of the programs; and

    providing, by the hardware processor, display data in a multi-pane display, wherein, in a first mode, the multi-pane display displays a plurality of video programs which have each been individually selected for sharing by one or more of the plurality of social contacts, wherein each of the plurality of video programs corresponds to at least a portion of the received program identifier data, and wherein each of the plurality of video programs being displayed is displayed in a pane of the multi-pane display.

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