Patent ID: 8869191

Claim:
A method for providing a user interface, the method comprising: displaying a media guide, in response to a first user input, the media guide comprising: a first display element comprising description information corresponding to a selected program, a second display element displayed to the right of the first display element and comprising a plurality of actions that can be taken with respect to the selected program, and a third display element displayed to the right of the second display element and comprising an advertisement, wherein the advertisement is configured to be replaced by instructions on performing a selected one of the plurality of actions if the selected one of the plurality of actions requires the instructions to be displayed; displaying, in response to a second user input of a parental control action from the plurality of actions, a parental information display element, the parental information display element comprising a name of the selected program, a rating for the selected program and parental information for the selected program, the parental information comprising instructional text relating to data corresponding to the selected program that helps a parent understand what is shown in the selected program, the instructional text further comprising questions for parents to present to a child to aide in discussing any messages that the child received from viewing the selected program.