Patent ID: 9083915
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an electronic program guide (EPG), comprising: displaying a plurality of program blocks in a three dimensional (3D) rendered landscape, each program block having a channel and a program time, the channel being represented by the location of the program block in a first horizontal dimension of the 3D landscape and the program time being represented by location of the program block within a second horizontal dimension of the 3D rendered landscape, each program block displaying a program identifier, each program block displayed as a two dimensional vertical rectangle perpendicular to the two horizontal dimensions and having a bottom edge lying in the same plane as the bottom edge of every other program block; displaying a flag above each of at least one of the program blocks satisfying at least one user-specified criterion, each flag being displayed above the respective program block in the vertical dimension of the 3D rendered landscape; and providing navigation means for navigating the 3D rendered landscape in three dimensions so as to allow perusal of the EPG.