US 11,856,254 B2
Dynamically adjustable electronic program guide
Michael Kleinerman, New York, NY (US); and Neil Cormican, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,428.
Application 17/972,428 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,141, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,483,613.
Application 16/788,141 is a continuation of application No. 15/627,345, filed on Jun. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,567,829, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113931 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 21/4312 (2013.01) [H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4858 (2013.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, metadata for a plurality of media content items, wherein the metadata identifies a thumbnail representation of each of the plurality of media content items;
displaying the plurality of media content items in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG) of a user interface, wherein the overview area comprises a plurality of cells aligned in one or more rows, wherein the plurality of cells comprise a subset of the metadata for a respective media content item, wherein the subset of the metadata comprises the thumbnail representations of the plurality of media content items, and wherein the thumbnail representations are displayed in the overview area;
receiving input of a selection of one of the plurality of media content items displayed at the EPG in the user interface; and
responsive to receiving the input of the selected media content item, displaying the selected media content item in a focus area in the EPG of the user interface, the focus area comprising expanded metadata that includes a sample of the selected media content item that is played as an underlay of a display of at least some of the subset of the metadata of the selected media content item such that playback of the sample is presented underneath the display of the at least some of the subset of the metadata of the selected media content item, and wherein the focus area displays the selected media content item but not other media items of the plurality of media content items.