Patent ID: 8782704

Claim:
A method comprising: presenting, by a mobile device by way of a touch screen, a program guide interface comprising a listing of media programming channels organized into a vertical column and program guide information associated with each of the media programming channels, wherein the program guide information is organized into a plurality of rows, wherein each row within the plurality of rows is associated with a media programming channel within the listing of media programming channels; detecting, by the mobile device, a pinch gesture provided by a user by way of the touch screen within the vertical column; grouping, by the mobile device in response to the pinch gesture, the listing of media programming channels into a plurality of media programming channel groups including at least a media programming channel group that includes one or more media programming channels selected for inclusion in the media programming channel group based on a schedule of delivery of a particular media program on the one or more media programming channels within a predetermined time period and at least a social media channel group, the social media channel group including one or more media programming channels selected for inclusion in the social media channel group; and presenting, by the mobile device in response to the pinch gesture, a plurality of graphical objects representative of the plurality of media programming channel groups.