System for presenting media programming guides

摘要

A system for presenting media programming guides is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media receiver having a controller element to generate a Media Program Guide (MPG) that groups media programs according to a redundancy of media programs and a viewing history of a subscriber of the media receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, by a media receiver including a processor, metadata representative of a viewing history of media programs that have been at least partially presented by the media receiver; providing, by the media receiver, the metadata to a remote server over a network; providing, by the media receiver to the remote server, a request for generating a reorganized electronic programming guide that is limited to available media programs that have not been viewed at the media receiver, wherein the request causes the remote server to reorganize and modify an electronic programming guide associated with the media receiver according to the viewing history to generate the reorganized electronic programming guide, wherein the reorganized electronic programming guide excludes the media programs that have been at least partially presented by the media receiver, and wherein the reorganized electronic programming guide collapses redundant media content into a single location in the reorganized electronic programming guide; and receiving the reorganized electronic programming guide at the media receiver without the media receiver reorganizing the reorganized electronic programming guide.