Patent ID: 8381245

Claim:
A system comprising: a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide including a matrix of cells associated with a plurality of media content instances, said matrix of cells being arranged along a time axis and a channel axis, a selector object within said program guide, said selector object being configured to select one of said cells such that said cells in said matrix include a selected cell and a plurality of unselected cells, a first image selectively placed within a first unselected cell included in said plurality of unselected cells, said first image representing a first media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances and associated with a first time period and a channel corresponding to a first location of said first unselected cell along said time axis and said channel axis, a second image selectively placed within a second unselected cell included in said plurality of unselected cells, said second image representing a second media content instance included in said plurality of media content instances and associated with a second time period and a channel corresponding to a second location of said second unselected cell along said time axis and said channel axis, said second time period not overlapping said first time period; wherein said media content processing subsystem is further configured to generate at least one buffered content stream of a first media content stream and a second media content stream received from a media content provider communicatively coupled to said media content processing subsystem, said first media content stream representing said first media content instance and said second media content stream representing said second media content instance, and provide a graphical user interface to a display for presentation to a user, said graphical user interface including at least a portion of said program guide, said first media content stream displaying said media content instance as said first image, and said second media content stream displaying said media content instance as said second image.