METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING BINARY SEARCHES USING A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION

摘要

Methods and systems are discussed herein for improving the efficiency and ease of navigating and selecting media content without the need for additional keys, buttons, or other inputs. For example, in response to the same user input, the media guidance application may determine different numbers of content sources to skip, in a binary fashion, based on the total number of content sources, the order of the content sources, the direction a user wishes to navigate, and/or prior user inputs related to navigating the content sources.

主权项

1. A method of navigating consecutively ordered media content, the method comprising:
navigating, using control circuitry, to a first content source of consecutively ordered content sources in response to a first user request; receiving, from a user input interface, a second user request to navigate away from the first content source in a first direction; in response to receiving the second user request, determining, using the control circuitry, a second content source of the consecutively ordered content sources to navigate to based on a number of the consecutively ordered content sources between the first content source and a last content source of the consecutively ordered content sources in the first direction; and navigating, using the control circuitry, to the second content source.