US 11,812,080 B2
System and method for smooth transition of live and replay program guide displays
Cory Carpenter, Walnut Creek, CA (US); and Iylla Dosenbach, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to TiVo Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by TiVo Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,467.
Application 17/749,467 is a continuation of application No. 16/749,947, filed on Jan. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,375,257.
Application 16/749,947 is a continuation of application No. 16/211,110, filed on Dec. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,555,019, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 16/211,110 is a continuation of application No. 15/623,337, filed on Jun. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,178,423, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009514 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/26283 (2013.01) [H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a simultaneous display that includes:
(a) a first plurality of future content item identifiers for a first plurality of content items that will be available in future time slots from a content source, wherein each future content item identifier is displayed sized according to a length of a corresponding content item of the first plurality of content items, wherein the first plurality of future content item identifiers are displayed in association with an identifier of the content source; and
(b) a second plurality of past content item identifiers for a second plurality of content items that were available in past time slots from the content source, wherein each past content item identifier is displayed not sized according to a length of a corresponding content item of the second plurality of content items, wherein the second plurality of past content item identifiers are displayed in association with an identifier of the content source.