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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James A. Billmaier, Woodinville, WA (US);
John M. Kellum, Seattle, WA (US);
Anthony F. Istvan, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Dewey Reid, San Rafael, CA (US);
Philip Rogan, Bozeman, MT (US);
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James A. Billmaier, Woodinville, WA (US);
John M. Kellum, Seattle, WA (US);
Anthony F. Istvan, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Dewey Reid, San Rafael, CA (US);
Philip Rogan, Bozeman, MT (US);
ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for navigation of television program listings within a user interface includes successively displaying a first set of visual cards in a first area of the user interface. Each visual card of the first set of visual cards represents a corresponding broadcast time slot associated with a graphically represented first card characteristic. Selection by a user of a particular visual card of the first set of visual cards is enabled in order to view a television program corresponding to the time slot represented by the selected visual card. In an embodiment, a transition from display of a first visual card of the first set of visual cards to display of a second visual card of the first set of visual cards occurs automatically at the conclusion of a first time period.