Patent ID: 8291450
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a user interface for presentation on a monitor of a media device for providing a viewer with information about shows available for viewing, the method comprising: providing an array for display on the monitor of the media device, the array including three columns having commonly aligned rows; the three columns comprising a channel column, a current show column, and a next show column; each row of the channel column comprising a channel indicator; each row of the current show column comprising a current show title, the current show title naming a current show available for viewing at the current time on a channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in a commonly aligned row in the channel column; and each row of the next show column comprising a next show title, the next show title naming a next show available for viewing after the current show available for viewing at the current time on the channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in the commonly aligned row in the channel column irrespective of the start time of the next show relative to the current show, whereby the viewer is provided with the information about the current show available for viewing at the current time and the next show available after the current show on a particular channel by a review of a corresponding particular row in the array that is commonly aligned in the three columns.