PROGRAM POSITION USER INTERFACE FOR PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING TIME SHIFT BUFFER

摘要

A system (10) that provides information about media content (Fig. 4) stored in a storage device (373) coupled to an interactive media services client device (16). In one embodiment, the system includes a memory with logic, and a processor (344) configured with the logic to provide a symbol that represents the duration of at least one media content instance of a plurality of media content instances stored in the storage device. Preferably, the processor (344) is further configured with the logic to provide a recorded portion in the symbol that represents the portion of the media content instance that is accessible (430) to a user.