Patent ID: 8473979
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an electronic program guide for presentation on a display, the method comprising: providing an output in a default configuration that presents the electronic program guide in a program guide portion of the display and video programming in a video portion of the display, wherein the electronic program guide comprises information regarding a plurality of television programs on a plurality of television channels that are currently being broadcast, and wherein the video programming comprises one of the plurality of television programs for which information is available from the electronic program guide; providing an output that presents at least two resize indicators associated with the electronic program guide, wherein a first of the at least two resize indicators corresponds to an increase in size of the electronic program guide to a full-screen guide configuration, wherein the full-screen guide configuration presents a program guide that occupies the entire display area, and wherein a second of the at least two resize indicators corresponds to a decrease in size of the electronic program guide to a single-channel guide configuration, wherein the single-channel guide configuration presents a program guide consisting of a single television program on a single channel; receiving a viewer input corresponding to a selection of one of the at least two resize indicators that is graphically presented on the display; and in response to the viewer input corresponding to the resize indicator: if the first of the at least two resize indicators is selected: adjusting the relative sizes of the program guide portion of the display and the video portion of the display presenting the one of the plurality of television programs so that the program guide portion occupies a larger portion of the display and the video portion occupies a smaller portion of the display, and providing an output that presents at least two modified resize indicators, wherein a first of the at least two modified resize indicators corresponds to a decrease in size of the electronic program guide to the default configuration and wherein a second of the at least two modified resize indicators corresponds to a decrease in size of the electronic program guide to the single-channel guide configuration; if the second of the at least two resize indicators is selected: adjusting the relative sizes of the program guide portion of the display and the video portion of the display presenting the one of the plurality of television programs so that the video portion occupies a larger portion of the display and the program guide portion occupies a smaller portion of the display, and providing an output that presents at least two further modified resize indicators, wherein a first of the at least two further modified resize indicators corresponds to an increase in size of the electronic program guide to the default configuration and wherein a second of the at least two further modified resize indicators corresponds to an increase in size of the electronic program guide to the full-screen guide configuration.