US 11,871,060 B2
Systems and methods for media content navigation and filtering
George Grigore, Iasi (RO)
Assigned to Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,492.
Application 17/870,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/119,196, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,432,027.
Application 17/119,196 is a continuation of application No. 16/366,387, filed on Mar. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,897,642, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008928 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/26603 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying information about a sport event, the method comprising:
causing to be displayed, using control circuitry, a plurality of identifiers and a plurality of time period indicators, wherein each identifier of the plurality of identifiers corresponds to a sport data category;
causing to be displayed, using the control circuitry, a plurality of segment indicators, wherein:
each segment indicator is aligned with at least one identifier of the plurality of identifiers;
a first segment indicator of the plurality of segment indicators is located along a first axis and at least one identifier of the plurality of identifiers is located along the first axis; and
each segment indicator indicates a segment of a program that contains content related to the at least one identifier with which it is aligned;
receiving an input selecting an identifier from the plurality of identifiers; and
causing to be displayed updated time period indicators that reflect when, in at least one of the plurality of segment indicators, content related to the sport data category corresponding to the selected identifier occurs.