User-based program guide methods and systems

摘要

An exemplary method includes a media content delivery system 1) providing a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of users selected by a main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots, and 2) presenting, within the program guide view, information identifying one or more media content instances designated for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots by one or more users included in the plurality of users. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing, by a media content delivery system, a program guide view of a program guide for display within a viewing area of a display screen associated with a main user, the program guide comprising a navigable user axis representative of a plurality of other users selected by the main user as being of interest to the main user and a time axis representative of a plurality of time slots, the navigable user axis comprising a plurality of positions each corresponding to a particular user included in the plurality of other users; and presenting, by the media content delivery system within the program guide view, information identifying one or more media content instances designated, by one or more users included in the plurality of other users, for access during one or more time slots included in the plurality of time slots, wherein the one or more media content instances designated for access during the one or more time slots comprise at least one of
a media content instance accessed by the one or more users prior to a current time associated with the display of the program guide view,a media content instance being currently accessed at the current time by the one or more users, anda media content instance scheduled for access subsequent to the current time by the one or more users.