Patent ID: 9538221
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for displaying, on a display screen, media guidance information for multiple users, the method comprising: receiving, at user equipment, a request to display media guidance information; selecting a plurality of users associated with the user equipment; retrieving a plurality of profiles each associated with a respective one of the plurality of users; processing data stored in the plurality of profiles to select a plurality of sets of media guidance information corresponding to the data stored in the plurality of profiles, wherein each set of media guidance information corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of profiles; associating a different sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions of the display screen with each of the plurality of sets of media guidance information; retrieving a first of the plurality of sets of media guidance information; selecting a first of the plurality of sub-regions that is associated with the first set of media guidance information; directing the first set of media guidance information to the first sub-region; retrieving a second of the plurality of sets of media guidance information; selecting a second of the plurality of sub-regions that is associated with the second set of media guidance information; directing the second set of media guidance information to the second sub-region; and generating for simultaneous display, on the display screen, the first set of media guidance information in the first sub-region and the second set of media guidance information in the second sub-region.