Patent ID: 7941819

Claim:
A method for a computing device to present information about multimedia content via a graphical user interface, wherein different types of information related to the multimedia content are simultaneously displayed, the method comprising: receiving metadata information for each of multiple indicated pieces of multimedia content that are each associated with at least one time-related characteristic, and that each satisfy a search request of multimedia content; determining a selected period of time; determining which of the indicated pieces of multimedia content have associated time-related characteristics that correspond to the selected period of time, and which of the indicated pieces of multimedia content have associated time-related characteristics that do not correspond to the selected period of time; and, displaying to a user of the computing device a graphical user interface having information about pieces of multimedia content available for presentation, and wherein the displayed graphical user interface includes: a first timebar that represents a first period of time, wherein the first timebar includes: indications of times outside the selected period of time, multiple index marks corresponding to units of time for the first period of time, and a graphical indicator representing a future occurrence of multimedia content for each of one or more of the indicated pieces of multimedia content that have associated time-related characteristics that do not correspond to the selected period of time, wherein each of the graphical indicators is displayed on the first timebar at an index mark corresponding to an associated time-related characteristic of an indicated piece of multimedia content, and wherein each of the graphical indicators is selectable by the user to display information for the associated piece of multimedia content; a second timebar that represents a second period of time, wherein the second period of time is shorter than the first period of time, and wherein the second timebar includes: indications of multiple segments of time during the selected period of time; and a region associated with the second timebar that includes: at least some of the received metadata information for one or more of the indicated pieces of multimedia content that have associated time-related characteristics that correspond to the selected period of time.