Patent ID: 8032908

Claim:
A system comprising: a user interface screen comprising: a plurality of program instances arranged by time and channel in a grid menu, said grid menu composed of a time portion for listing time periods, a channel portion for listing channels, and program instance fields for identifying program instances, each said program instance being selectable based upon user interaction; and at least one indicator depicted in association with one of said program instances when said one program instance becomes highlighted and selectable as a result of said user interaction, said indicator corresponding with the position in said grid menu of said highlighted and selectable program instance and indicating a start time and an end time of said selectable program instance, said indicator having a length that depends on the duration of said one selectable program instance, with a first end corresponding with a start time of said one selectable program instance, and a second end corresponding with an end time of said one selectable program instance wherein at least one attribute of said indicator is controllable by said user, said at least one attribute belonging to a group consisting of height, and width, and brightness, and wherein the indicator is configured to stop blinking after said one selectable program instance has been highlighted for a particular period of time, wherein said indicator blinks at a rate depending upon a period of time that said one selectable program instance is highlighted.