Patent ID: 8260640

Claim:
A method for generating show times of a movie, the method comprising: receiving, by control circuitry of an electronic device, a plurality of show times of the movie associated with a plurality of movie theaters; obtaining, by communications circuitry of the electronic device, information associated with at least one calendar event; assigning, by the control circuitry, each show time of the plurality of show times to an associated time slot of a plurality of time slots, wherein a first show time of the plurality of show times that is associated with a first movie theater of the plurality of movie theaters and a second show time of the plurality of show times that is associated with a second movie theater of the plurality of movie theaters are assigned to a first time slot of the plurality of time slots; and generating, by the control circuitry, a plurality of slot labels, wherein each slot label corresponds to one of the plurality of time slots, and wherein the generating comprises: defining, by the control circuitry, a first slot label of the plurality of slot labels for the first time slot based on the first show time and the second show time; and providing, by the control circuitry, an indication for the first time slot based on the information associated with the at least one calendar event.