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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Heath Stallings, Grapevine, TX (US);

Brian Roberts, Frisco, TX (US);

Don Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4412 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide graphical user interface ('GUI') to a display for presentation to a user, the program guide GUI including a portion of a program guide. The media content processing subsystem is further configured to provide at least one navigation tool to the display for presentation in the program guide GUI, the navigation tool including a plurality of selectable options for navigating the program guide. The media content processing subsystem is further configured to detect a user selection of one of the selectable options and initiate a navigation to a location in the program guide based on the selected option. In certain embodiments, the navigation tool includes at least one of a time-based navigation tool and a channel navigation tool.


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