Patent ID: 8918809

Claim:
A method of visually indicating progression of programs, the method comprising: generating for simultaneous display information identifying a first program and information identifying a second program; generating for simultaneous display with the information identifying the first program and the information identifying the second program a first time indicator corresponding to the first program and a second time indicator corresponding to the second program, wherein: a left edge of the first time indicator represents a start of the first program, and a right edge of the first time indicator represents an end of the first program; a left edge of the second time indicator represents a start of the second program, and a right edge of the second time indicator represents an end of the second program; a first portion of the first time indicator is visually distinguished from a second portion of the first time indicator, wherein a length of the first portion of the first time indicator represents a length of time of a previously presented segment of the first program; and a first portion of the second time indicator is visually distinguished from a second portion of the second time indicator, wherein a length of the first portion of the second time indicator represents a length of time of a previously presented segment of the second program.