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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:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);

Omar A. Abou-Khamis, Irving, TX (US);

Andrien J. Wang, Keller, TX (US);

Jonathan Lott, Wylie, TX (US);

Don G. Archer, Euless, TX (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method includes an interactive media program guide system 1) displaying a user-scrollable view of a section of a paginated column of an interactive media program guide that includes a two-dimensional matrix grid of cells representing a plurality of media program listings, 2) detecting a user selection of a cell included in the matrix grid of cells and the user-scrollable view, the cell representing a media program listing included in the plurality of media program listings, and, 3) in response to the user selection of the cell, expanding the cell in-place within the paginated column of the interactive media program guide and populating the expanded cell with display content associated with a media program represented by the media program listing. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.


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