Methods and systems for presenting information about media assets
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsBrian Peterson, Phil Golyshko
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that presents information about a media asset by modifying graphical properties of a progress bar associated with the media asset. For example, based on one or more events in the media asset, the media guidance application may modify the dimensions of the progress bar to include textual descriptions, may modify a color, brightness, transparency, etc. of the progress bar, and/or may modify an animation of the progress bar or a graphic associated with the progress bar.
Claims18
A method for presenting information about media assets, the method comprising:
- generating for display a progress bar for a media asset;
- receiving an indicium of an event in the media asset;
- determining a point on the progress bar corresponding to the event;
- retrieving, from a database, a description of the event;
- determining, based on a number of characters in the retrieved description, an amount of space required to display the description;
- selecting a new dimension of the progress bar based on the amount of space required to display every character of the characters in the retrieved description;
- and
- modifying the progress bar to the new dimension to accommodate the description of the event.
A system for presenting information about media assets, the system comprising:
- storage circuitry configured to store a dimension of a progress bar for a media asset;
- and control circuitry configured to:
- generate for display the progress bar;
- receive an indicium of an event in the media asset;
- determine a point on the progress bar corresponding to the event;
- retrieve, from a database, a description of the event;
- determine, based on a number of characters in the retrieved description, an amount of space required to display the description;
- select a new dimension of the progress bar based on the amount of space required to display every character of the characters in the retrieved description;
- and
- modify the progress bar to the new dimension to accommodate the description of the event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.