Patent ID: 8392948
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for navigating in a program guide, the method comprising: presenting, via a control unit, the program guide to a user, the program guide displaying a portion of a grid of a plurality of programs, wherein the displayed portion includes a first plurality of listings in the horizontal direction; adjusting the displayed portion of the grid in response to user selection of one or more navigation elements, each navigation element enabling one of horizontal and vertical navigation; presenting, via the control unit, a visual indicator simultaneously with the program guide, the visual indicator displayed while the displayed portion of the grid is adjusted in response to user selection of the one or more navigation elements, and the visual indicator corresponding to a predetermined portion of the grid; receiving, via the control unit, a user selection of the visual indicator; and in response to the user selection, adjusting the displayed portion of the grid both horizontally and vertically to display the predetermined portion of the grid, wherein the predetermined portion includes a second plurality of listings in the horizontal direction.