Patent ID: 8489990

Claim:
A method for displaying a playlist transport bar using an interactive media guidance application (IMGA), comprising: displaying a playlist transport bar for a playlist, the playlist transport bar comprising: a plurality of asset regions, each asset region corresponding to an asset in the playlist; and a position indication region to provide an indication of both a first playback position within the playlist and a second playback position within a first asset in the playlist, the position indication region comprising a playback information region that includes an interactive option selectable by a user, wherein the interactive option, when selected by the user displays a playlist options menu, and textual information about the first asset in the playlist and textual information relative to other assets in the playlist, wherein the textual information provided in the playback information region is different from the indication provided by the position indication region, and wherein, during playback, the playback information region moves with the position indication region, at a same rate as the position indication region, in accordance with the playback position toward an asset that sequentially follows the first asset; and moving, in response to a user input, the position indication region to a third playback position within the playlist and a fourth playback position within a second asset in the playlist, wherein the third and fourth playback positions are selected by the user input as anywhere within the playlist and anywhere within the second asset in the playlist.