Patent ID: 8739220

Claim:
A method for providing a user interface for presentation on a monitor of a media device for providing a viewer with information about shows available for viewing, the method comprising: providing an array for display on the monitor of the media device, the array including only three columns having commonly aligned rows; the three columns comprising a channel column, a current show column to the right of the channel column, and a next show column to the right of the current show column; each row of the channel column comprising a channel indicator; each row of the current show column comprising a current show title, the current show title naming a current show available for viewing at the current time on a channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in a commonly aligned row in the channel column; and each row of the next show column comprising a next show title, the next show title naming a next show available for viewing after the current show available for viewing at the current time on the channel of the media device corresponding to the channel indicator in the commonly aligned row in the channel column irrespective of the start time of the next show relative to the current show; providing a topic list having topic entries for presentation on the monitor of the media device, the topic list being receptive to a selection of a topic entry as a selected topic entry, and in response to the selection, the topic list being operative to highlight the selected topic entry; wherein the viewer is provided with information about the current show available for viewing at the current time and the next show available after the current show on a particular channel by a review of a corresponding particular row in the array that is commonly aligned in the three columns; wherein the array is receptive to a selection of a commonly aligned row as a selected row, and in response to the selection, the array is operative to cause the selected row to be highlighted; wherein the array is receptive to a selection of the current show title of one of the commonly aligned rows, as a selected current show title, and in response to the selection of the current show title, the array is operative to cause the selected current show title to be highlighted.