METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDES

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to present a graphic user interface (GUI) for customizing an electronic programming guide (EPG), the GUI including a plurality of scrollable media channels, each media channel accompanied by an image, a description of the media channel, an option to select the media channel for inclusion in the EPG, a first button to customize the EPG according to one or more media channels selected, and a second button to request additional information about a media channel highlighted in the GUI. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
sampling, by a system including a processor, media content scheduled for broadcast to obtain sampled media content; responsive to a request to update an electronic programming guide, presenting, by the system, a graphical user interface displaying a plurality of on-screen media channel indicators of a plurality of scrollable media channel indicators,
wherein each of the plurality of on-screen media channel indicators displays a thumbnail,wherein each thumbnail displays video content selected from the sampled media content,wherein the plurality of scrollable media channel indicators further comprises a plurality of off-screen media channel indicators that are not displayed in the graphical user interface, andwherein the sampled media content does not include video content for the plurality of off-screen media channel indicators; presenting, by the system, selectable elements in the graphical user interface to facilitate selection of one or more media channels associated with the plurality of on-screen media channel indicators for inclusion in the electronic programming guide; detecting, by the system, a scrolling action applied to the plurality of scrollable media channel indicators resulting in an on-screen media channel indicator of the plurality of on-screen media channel indicators no longer being displayed in the graphical user interface; and resampling, by the system, the media content to obtain updated sampled media content, wherein the updated sampled media content does not include video content for the thumbnail of the on-screen media channel indicator that is no longer displayed in the graphical user interface.