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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
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);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
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.