Patent ID: 8799948
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating an electronic program guide (EPG), the apparatus comprising: a display generating circuit configured to output data to generate an EPG having an upcoming schedule display region which includes a plurality of channels and, for each channel of the plurality of channels, the upcoming schedule display region includes a started program that is scheduled to begin broadcast at or before a first time and scheduled programs that are scheduled to not begin broadcast by the first time, all said started programs and said scheduled programs represented by equally sized tiles in the EPG; and a calculating circuit configured to calculate a non-elapsed portion of time of each started program that has not completely elapsed at said first time, each started program being a program that is shown at said first time on any of the plurality of channels, wherein the display generating circuit is further configured to output data to: the plurality of cylinders are axially aligned and axially offset from each other such that the EPG includes a compound cylinder showing program information from the plurality of channels.