Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080270395 | Relevance Bar for Content Listings - A client computer receives a set of search results ordered based on scheduled time of broadcast associated with respective listings of content. The listings of content include data representing time-bounded events. The client computer displays or otherwise presents a set of objects along an axis of a display bar, the objects corresponding to subsets of the search results. For example, the axis is associated with a unit of time or a unit of relevance. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270446 | Virtual Channels - A method and system for providing listings of multimedia events and for allowing a user to create virtual channels from the listings is described. The user can specify a headend or zip code and enter a search query to find multimedia events that are of interest to the user. In response, the system provides a list of multimedia events as the results of the user's search query. If the user so desires, the user can create a virtual channel based on the search results, according to certain embodiments of the invention. | 10-30-2008 |
20120254159 | System and Method for Displaying and Searching Multimedia Events Scheduling Information - A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window. | 10-04-2012 |
20140007164 | System and Method for Displaying Multimedia Events Scheduling Information | 01-02-2014 |
20140115629 | System and Method for Displaying and Searching Multimedia Events Scheduling Information - Disclosed are computer implemented method, systems, and non-transitory media for presenting information representing a plurality of time-bounded events in (i) a first grid and (ii) a second grid. The first grid has a first size and represents a first set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events. The second grid has a second size smaller than the first size. The second grid represents a second set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events. This second set of time-bounded events includes a greater number of time-bounded events than the first set of time-bounded events. | 04-24-2014 |
20150135222 | VIRTUAL CHANNELS - System and methods for formatting a virtual channel are provides in which, responsive to a user selection of a plurality of time-bounded multimedia events, there is formatted for display the plurality of time-bounded multimedia events in a first virtual channel. The user is enabled to fill a first time slot in the first virtual channel with overlapping time-bounded multimedia events from the plurality of time-bounded multimedia events. A representation of a numeric count of the overlapping time-bounded multimedia events is formatted for display in the first time slot. | 05-14-2015 |
20150199356 | System and Method for Displaying Both Multimedia Events Search Results and Internet Search Results - A system and method for presenting search results, including receiving a set of search results corresponding to a search query. The search results include: first results and second results. The first result corresponds to one or more time-bounded events, scheduled for showing on one or more television channels, that match the search query, and include links to an online application for accessing additional information about the one or more time-bounded events. The second results correspond to Internet accessible documents that satisfy the search query, and include links to the Internet accessible documents that satisfy the search query. The method also includes presenting the first and second results in a single web browser window. | 07-16-2015 |
20150249866 | System and Method for Displaying and Searching Multimedia Events Scheduling Information - Disclosed are computer implemented methods, systems, and non-transitory media for representing a plurality of time-bounded events in first and second grids. The first grid has a larger size than the second grid. The second grid represents a second set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events. A user-movable window is presented at a first position within the second grid where it encompasses a first portion of the second grid. The time-bounded events in the first portion of the second grid are displayed as a first set of time-bounded events in the first grid. Responsive to user instructions to move a position of the window from the first position to a second position within the second grid, the window is moved to the second position where it encompasses a third set of time-bounded events. Further, the first grid is updated to display the third set of time-bounded events. | 09-03-2015 |