Navigation of Multimedia Content

A multimedia receiver comprising:

• a network interface component configured to communicate with a multimedia distribution system;
• and
• a graphical viewing navigation module that is coupled to the network interface component and is configured to:
• initiate a display, at a display device, of a first plurality of selectable icons, wherein each selectable icon of the first plurality of selectable icons represents multimedia content associated with a user;
• receive a selection of a particular selectable icon of the first plurality of selectable icons, wherein the particular selectable icon represents multimedia content associated with a particular user;
• and
• in response to receiving the selection of the particular selectable icon, initiate a display, at the display device, of a second plurality of selectable icons, wherein the second plurality of selectable icons includes at least one selectable icon that represents a particular multimedia program that is associated with the particular user and further includes at least one selectable icon that represents a collection of stored multimedia content associated with the particular user, wherein the at least one selectable icon that represents the particular multimedia program is selectable to initiate a search of the multimedia distribution system to locate episodes of the particular multimedia program that are available for display and that are in progress, and wherein the collection of stored multimedia content is stored at a storage device accessible to the multimedia receiver device.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to:

• initiate a display of a first plurality of selectable icons, wherein each selectable icon of the first plurality of selectable icons represents multimedia content associated with a user;
• receive a selection of a particular icon of the first plurality of selectable icons, wherein the particular icon represents multimedia content associated with a particular user;
• and
• in response to receiving the selection of the particular icon, initiate a display of a second plurality of selectable icons, wherein the second plurality of selectable icons includes at least one selectable icon that represents a particular multimedia program associated with the particular user and further includes at least one selectable icon that represents a collection of stored multimedia content associated with the particular user, and wherein the at least one selectable icon that represents the particular multimedia program is selectable to cause a multimedia receiver to initiate a search of a multimedia distribution system to locate episodes of the particular multimedia program that are available to the multimedia receiver and that are in progress.