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US 9,807,463 B2Granted
Unified media program guide systems and methods
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsBenny Devassykutty, Heath Stallings, Daniel S. Dunnam
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes a media program guide system 1) providing, for display on a display screen, a media program guide user interface that includes a grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, and a selector window positioned relative to the grid of cells to select a cell included in the grid of cells, and 2) selectively configuring a feature of the selector window based on whether the cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
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A method comprising:
- providing, by a media program guide system for display on a display screen associated with a user computing device, a media program guide user interface that includes
- a single grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, the single grid of cells including a first row that represents the scheduled-type media content, a second row that is positioned beneath the first row and that represents the on-demand-type media content, and a third row that is positioned beneath the second row and that represents the scheduled-type media content, and
- a selector window that selects, based on a user interaction with the media program guide user interface, a single cell included in the single grid of cells;
- and
- selectively configuring, by the media program guide system, a feature of the selector window based on whether the single cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content, the selector window extending across one of the first row, the second row, and the third row in the single grid of cells such that the selector window covers the single cell selected by the selector window and any other cells included in the one of the first row, the second row, and the third row together with the single cell selected by the selector window, wherein:
- the selector window and the single grid of cells are movable with respect to one another based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface to select the single cell in the one of the first row, the second row, and the third row;
- and
- based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface, the single cell selected by the selector window is spatially expanded in a vertical direction within the selectively configured selector window of the media program guide user interface provided for display on the display screen associated with the user computing device as compared to another cell included in the single grid of cells that has not been selected.
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A method comprising:
- providing, by a media program guide system for display on a display screen associated with a user computing device, a media program guide user interface that includes
- a single grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, the single grid of cells including a first row that represents the scheduled-type media content, a second row that is positioned beneath the first row and that represents the on-demand-type media content, and a third row that is positioned beneath the second row and that represents the scheduled-type media content, and
- a selector window that selects, based on a user interaction with the media program guide user interface, a single cell included in the single grid of cells, the selector window and the single grid of cells movable with respect to one another based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface to select the single cell in the one of the first row, the second row, and the third row;
- detecting, by the media program guide system, that the selector window is positioned with respect to one of the first row and the third row to select a first cell within the single grid of cells and that the first cell represents a scheduled-type media program;
- configuring, by the media program guide system, the selector window to be a scheduled-type-media-content version of the selector window in response to the detecting that the selector window is positioned to select the first cell and that the first cell represents the scheduled-type media program, the scheduled-type-media-content version of the selector window extending across the one of the first row and the third row in the single grid of cells such that the scheduled-type-media-content version of the selector window covers the first cell selected by the selector window and one or more other cells included in the one of the first row and the third row together with the first cell selected by the selector window, the first cell selected by the selector window spatially expanded in a vertical direction within the configured selector window of the media program guide user interface provided for display on the display screen associated with the user computing device based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface as compared to another cell included in the single grid of cells that has not been selected;
- detecting, by the media program guide system, that the selector window is positioned to select a second cell within the second row in the single grid of cells and that the second cell represents at least one on-demand-type media program;
- and
- configuring, by the media program guide system, the selector window to be an on-demand-type media content version of the selector window in response to the detecting that the selector window is positioned to select the second cell and that the second cell represents the at least one on-demand-type media program.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to direct a media program guide user interface facility to:
- provide, for display on a display screen associated with a user computing device, a media program guide user interface that includes
- a single grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, the single grid of cells including a first row that represents the scheduled-type media content, a second row that is positioned beneath the first row and that represents the on-demand-type media content, and a third row that is positioned beneath the second row and that represents the scheduled-type media content, and
- a selector window that selects, based on a user interaction with the media program guide user interface, a single cell included in the single grid of cells;
- and
- selectively configure a feature of the selector window based on whether the single cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content, the selector window extending across a row in the single grid of cells such that the selector window covers the single cell selected by the selector window and any other cells included in one of the first row, the second row, and the third row together with the single cell selected by the selector window, wherein:
- the selector window and the single grid of cells are movable with respect to one another based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface to select the single cell in the one of the first row, the second row, and the third row;
- and
- based on the user interaction with the media program guide user interface, the single cell selected by the selector window is spatially expanded in a vertical direction within the selectively configured selector window of the media program guide user interface provided for display on the display screen associated with the user computing device as compared to another cell included in the single grid of cells that has not been selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.