Patent ID: 8555311

Claim:
A method for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising: displaying, using a media equipment device, guide listings in a two-dimensional configuration; receiving a user selection of one of the guide listings that is displayed in a location within the two-dimensional configuration; identifying a plurality of items of guidance data related to the selection; displaying the plurality of items of guidance data in a 3D portion, wherein the 3D portion appears to extend, in a third dimension relative to the two-dimensional configuration, from the location of the selected guide listing along a third dimension axis towards the user, wherein each of the items of guidance data in the 3D portion appears to be positioned along a common surface of the 3D portion and at a different depth along the third dimension axis from each other item relative to the user, and wherein a representation of the user selection is presented on a surface of the 3D portion that intersects a region of the common surface in which one of the items of guidance data is presented; enabling a user to highlight an item of guidance data in the 3D portion so that a subsequent action can be taken with respect to media content corresponding to the highlighted item of guidance data; and performing an action corresponding to the highlighted item in response to receiving a user selection of the highlighted item.