Patent ID: 8327402
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device, comprising: determining that a first portion of guide listings corresponding to guidance information for a first time period has been displayed on the user equipment device; determining that a user is likely to use the user equipment device during a second time period based on a profile associated with the user equipment device, wherein the second time period succeeds the first time period in time order; automatically requesting a second portion of guide listings corresponding to guidance information for the second time period from a database having guidance information in response to (1) determining that the first portion of guide listings has been displayed and (2) determining that the user is likely to use the user equipment device during the second time period; storing, while the first portion of guide listings corresponding to guidance information for the first time period is displayed, the requested second portion of guide listings in a cache; receiving an indication that the user has requested at least one guide listing within the requested second portion of guide listings; and receiving the at least one guide listing within the requested second portion of guide listings from the cache in response to receiving the indication from the user.