Patent ID: 8407737
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a program scan toolbar for allowing users of an interactive media guidance application to navigate programs within a program scan, comprising: identifying a plurality of programs for inclusion in a program scan; retrieving information identifying each of the plurality of programs from memory; generating a cell for each of the plurality of programs, each cell containing the identifying information for a program; assigning a tuning sequence number for each of the plurality of programs; displaying the plurality of cells; performing a program scan in which each of the plurality of programs is successively tuned to for a defined period of time; receiving a user navigation numerical input comprising a tuning sequence number; and in response to receiving the tuning sequence number, directing the tuner to the received tuning sequence number and, without further user input, restarting the program scan from the program assigned the tuning sequence number.