Systems and methods for providing a guide to on-line events

A method for receiving and providing information related to on-line events in an on-line guidance application, comprising:

• providing a provider of an on-line event with an opportunity to enter information related to the on-line event using a computer associated with the provider, wherein the information related to the on-line event comprises at least an indication of a format of the on-line event, and wherein on-line event content comprises scheduled Internet-delivered content;
• receiving the information related to the on-line event from the computer;
• receiving from an access device associated with a user an indication comprising at least a user-specified format to provide the information related to the on-line event;
• and
• providing the information related to the on-line event to the access device in response to receiving the indication.

A system for receiving and providing information related to on-line events in an on-line guidance application, comprising:

• means for providing a provider of an on-line event with an opportunity to enter information related to the on-line event, using a computer associated with the provider, wherein the information related to the on-line event comprises at least an indication of a format of the on-line event, and wherein on-line event content comprises scheduled Internet-delivered content;
• means for receiving the information related to the on-line event from the computer;
• means for receiving from an access device associated with a user an indication comprising at least a user-specified format to provide the information related to the on-line event;
• and
• means for providing the information related to the on-line event to the access device in response to receiving the indication.

Computer-readable media for an on-line guidance application, wherein the media is encoded with machine-readable instructions for performing the method comprising:

• providing a provider of an on-line event with an opportunity to enter information related to the on-line event using a computer associated with the provider, wherein the information related to the on-line event comprises at least an indication of a format of the on-line event and, wherein on-line event content comprises scheduled Internet-delivered content;
• receiving the information related to the on-line event from the computer;
• receiving from an access device associated with a user an indication comprising at least a user-specified format to provide the information related to the on-line event;
• and
• providing the information related to the on-line event to the access device in response to receiving the indication.

A system for providing listings for on-line events in an on-line guidance application, the system comprising:

• an access device associated with a user;
• and
• an on-line guidance application implemented at least partially on an Internet and application server and programmed to:
• receive a request to provide listings for on-line events of a user-specified format from the access device, wherein on-line event content comprises scheduled Internet-delivered content;
• and
• in response to receiving the request, provide one or more listings of on-line events that have the user-specified format to the access device.

A system for receiving and providing information related to on-line events in an on-line guidance application, the system comprising:

• a computer associated with a provider of an on-line event;
• an access device associated with a user;
• and
• an on-line guidance application implemented at least partially on an Internet and application server and programmed to:
• provide the provider of the on-line event with an opportunity to enter information related to the on-line event using the computer, wherein the information related to the on-line event comprises at least an indication of a format of the on-line event, and wherein on-line event content comprises scheduled Internet-delivered content;
• receive the information related to the on-line event from the computer;
• receive an indication comprising at least a user-specified format to provide the information related to the on-line event from the access device;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication, provide the information related to the on-line event to the access device.