Video device with electronic program guide application and methods for use therewith
US9743148B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/482
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic program guide application generates an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for display. The GUI includes a channel navigation region that displays a plurality of channel icons corresponding to a plurality of video channels in accordance with a linear ordering of the video channels. A channel lens pane presents a selected channel icon, channel information corresponding to a selected video channel, and an interactive channel rank control icon that responds to user interaction to modify a position of the selected channel icon in the linear ordering. A channel schedule region presents a nonlinear temporal ordering of program panes, each program pane corresponding to a program presented on the selected video channel. Each program pane includes a program icon, program schedule information relating to a time the program is presented on the selected video channel.
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