Methods and devices for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application
AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.
InventorAkitaka Nishimura
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Abstract
Methods and devices for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application are provided, the methods comprising: presenting guide listings in a two-dimensional configuration; receiving a user selection of at least one of the guide listings in the two-dimensional configuration; identifying guidance data related to the selection; and presenting the guidance data so that the guidance data appears to be in a third dimension relative to the two-dimensional configuration.
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A method for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising:
- displaying, using a media equipment device, guide listings in a two-dimensional configuration;
- receiving a user selection of one of the guide listings that is displayed in a location within the two-dimensional configuration;
- identifying a plurality of items of guidance data related to the selection;
- displaying the plurality of items of guidance data in a 3D portion, wherein the 3D portion appears to extend, in a third dimension relative to the two-dimensional configuration, from the location of the selected guide listing along a third dimension axis towards the user, wherein each of the items of guidance data in the 3D portion appears to be positioned along a common surface of the 3D portion and at a different depth along the third dimension axis from each other item relative to the user, and wherein a representation of the user selection is presented on a surface of the 3D portion that intersects a region of the common surface in which one of the items of guidance data is presented;
- enabling a user to highlight an item of guidance data in the 3D portion so that a subsequent action can be taken with respect to media content corresponding to the highlighted item of guidance data;
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- performing an action corresponding to the highlighted item in response to receiving a user selection of the highlighted item.
A device for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application, the device comprising:
- processing circuitry that
- causes guide listings to be presented in a two-dimensional configuration;
- receives a user selection of one of the guide listings that is displayed in a location within the two-dimensional configuration;
- identifies a plurality of items of guidance data related to the selection;
- causes the plurality of items of guidance data to be presented in a 3D portion, wherein the 3D portion appears to extend, in a third dimension relative to the two-dimensional configuration, from the location of the selected guide listing along a third dimension axis towards the user, wherein each of the items of guidance data in the 3D portion appears to be positioned along a common surface of the 3D portion and at a different depth along the third dimension axis from each other item relative to the user, and wherein a representation of the user selection is presented on a surface of the 3D portion that intersects a region of the common surface in which one of the items of guidance data is presented;
- enables a user to highlight an item of guidance data in the 3D portion so that a subsequent action can be taken with respect to media content corresponding to the highlighted item of the guidance data;
- and
- performs an action corresponding to the highlighted item in response to receiving a user selection of the highlighted item.
A device for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application, the device comprising:
- means for causing guide listings to be presented in a two-dimensional configuration;
- means for receiving a user selection of one of the guide listings that is displayed in a location within the two-dimensional configuration;
- means for identifying a plurality of items of guidance data related to the selection;
- means for causing the plurality of items of guidance data to be presented in a 3D portion, wherein the 3D portion appears to extend, in a third dimension relative to the two-dimensional configuration, from the location of the selected guide listing along a third dimension axis towards the user, wherein each of the items of guidance data in the 3D portion appears to be positioned along a common surface of the 3D portion and at a different depth along the third dimension axis from each other item relative to the user, and wherein a representation of the user selection is presented on a surface of the 3D portion that intersects a region of the common surface in which one of the items of guidance data is presented;
- means for enabling a user to highlight an item of guidance data in the 3D portion so that a subsequent action can be taken with respect to media content corresponding to the highlighted item of the guidance data;
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- means for performing an action corresponding to the highlighted item in response to receiving a user selection of the highlighted item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.