METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING DYNAMIC 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 dynamic 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 a second user request to navigate away from the first content source; determining, using the control circuitry, whether a direction associated with the first user request corresponds to a direction associated with the second user request; and in response to determining that the direction associated with the first user request corresponds to the direction associated with the second user request, determining, using the control circuitry, a number of the consecutively ordered content sources to skip when navigating away from the first content source based on a number of the consecutively ordered content sources that were skipped when navigating to the first content source.