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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jon P. Radloff, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Danny R. Gaydou, II, Exton, PA (US);
Thomas J. Carroll, Bensalem, PA (US);
Mark Heyner, Golden, CO (US);
Kenneth F. Carpenter, Jr., Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and method are provided for providing a playlist transport bar. The playlist transport bar provides an overlay which graphically represents assets (e.g., programs) of a playlist in a manner that enables a user to simultaneously ascertain a playback position within the playlist and a particular asset. The playlist transport may include asset regions which each correspond to an asset in a playlist and a position indication region which may provide information relating to a playback position.