Patent ID: 8572651
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying television guide information, the method comprising: initially displaying a programming guide grid that provides information about a plurality of television programs in a programming guide window, the programming guide grid comprising a first row comprising a plurality of time slots and a first column comprising the plurality of television programs, where each television program of the plurality of television programs in the first column is associated with one time slot of the plurality of time slots in the first row; initially displaying live television programming content adjacent to the programming guide grid; receiving a user input selecting a region of the programming guide grid within the first column corresponding to a particular television program of the plurality of television programs; and in response to receiving the user input, displaying supplemental content corresponding to the particular television program in a supplemental content window within a smaller portion of the programming guide window that was previously occupied by the programming guide grid while simultaneously resizing the programming guide grid so that a re-sized programming guide grid that is smaller than the previous programming guide but that provides all of the same information about the plurality of television programs as the previous programming guide grid is displayed in a portion of the programming guide window next to the supplemental content during display of the television guide information, wherein the combined space occupied by the supplemental content window and the re-sized programming guide grid is smaller than the previous programming guide grid, wherein the supplemental content window comprises: 1) an advertisement for an upcoming event related to the particular television program; 2) a video preview icon, wherein a user input selecting the video preview icon causes a video regarding the upcoming event to be played in the supplemental content window; and 3) a trigger control element associated with recording of the upcoming event, wherein a user input selecting the trigger control element causes the setting of a recording timer for recording the upcoming event, responsive to the user input.