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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
George M. Higa, Plano, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes a media channel navigation user interface system detecting, while media content distributed on a media channel is being presented for display on a display screen, a user request to launch a media channel navigation user interface, and providing, in response to the detected user request and for concurrent display with the presentation of the media content on the display screen, a media channel navigation user interface pane comprising a set of media channel navigation tools that include at least media content channel navigation tools selectable by a user to launch different types of menus of media channels in the media channel navigation user interface pane.