Patent ID: 8898694

Claim:
A method for identifying media asset access conflicts with a user equipment device, the method comprising: generating a media guide display that includes at least some of a plurality of media asset listings and a time bar, wherein at least a portion of the time bar represents a time interval different from a time interval of the at least some of the plurality of media asset listings; identifying, using processing circuitry, a first portion of the time bar that represents a first time interval during which media assets, for which a respective media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission; identifying, using the processing circuitry, a second portion, within the first portion of the time bar, that represents a second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets, for which the respective media guidance function has been assigned, overlap; and generating for simultaneous display within the media guide display: a first indicator, in the first portion of the time bar, to represent the first time interval during which the media assets, to which the media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission, wherein the first indicator is displayed regardless of whether the transmission times of the media assets overlap; and a second indicator, in the second portion of the time bar, to represent the second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets overlap, wherein at least a part of the first or the second indicator corresponds to a first scheduled transmission time of one of the media assets that is different than a second scheduled transmission time, corresponding to a given media asset listing, represented in the media guide display.