Systems and methods for indicating media asset access conflicts using a time bar
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for indicating media asset access conflicts using a time bar in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention are provided. A media guide display that includes at least some media asset listings and a time bar is generated. A first portion of the time bar representing a first time interval during which media assets, for which a respective media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission is identified. A second portion, within the first portion of the time bar, which represents a second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets overlap is identified. A first indicator is generated, for display in the first portion, to represent the first time interval. A second indicator is generated, for display in the second portion, to represent the second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets overlap.
1. A method for identifying media asset access conflicts with a user equipment device, the method comprising:
generating a media guide display that includes at least some of a plurality of media asset listings and a time bar, wherein at least a portion of the time bar represents a time interval different from a time interval of the at least some of the plurality of media asset listings;
identifying, using processing circuitry, a first portion of the time bar that represents a first time interval during which media assets, for which a respective media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission;
identifying, using the processing circuitry, a second portion, within the first portion of the time bar, that represents a second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets, for which the respective media guidance function has been assigned, overlap; and
generating for simultaneous display within the media guide display:
a first indicator, in the first portion of the time bar, to represent the first time interval during which the media assets, to which the media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission, wherein the first indicator is displayed regardless of whether the transmission times of the media assets overlap; and
a second indicator, in the second portion of the time bar, to represent the second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets overlap, wherein at least a part of the first or the second indicator corresponds to a first scheduled transmission time of one of the media assets that is different than a second scheduled transmission time, corresponding to a given media asset listing, represented in the media guide display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first of the media assets includes a scheduled recording, a reminder for the first media asset, or a recommendation to a user to access the first media asset.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining whether the media guidance function assigned to the media assets having the scheduled transmission times that overlap causes a resource conflict; and
preventing the second indicator from being displayed in response to determining that the media guidance function does not cause the resource conflict.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first of the media assets is different from the media guidance function assigned to a second of the media assets.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time bar represents a third time interval that includes the first and second time intervals, further comprising:
receiving a user request to navigate through the plurality of media asset listings within the third time interval; and
generating for display a first of the media asset listings corresponding to a first of the media assets after receiving the user request.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display the time bar with the plurality of media asset listings, wherein the time bar in the generated display represents time intervals for a twelve or twenty-four hour period.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second indicators are generated for being displayed without a first media asset listing corresponding to a first of the media assets being displayed.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first and a second of the media assets is a recommendation to a user to access the first and second media assets, further comprising:
scheduling the first media asset for recording; and
generating for display the second media asset.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the scheduling and the generating for display are performed automatically in response to receiving a first user selection of a first media asset listing that corresponds to the first media asset or a second user selection of a second media asset listing that corresponds to the second media asset.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a first user input selecting the second portion of the time bar;
generating, for display, a prompt identifying the media assets for which the overlap in scheduled transmission times has been identified; and
receiving a second user input changing the media guidance function assigned to one of the identified media assets.
11. A system for identifying media asset access conflicts with a user equipment device, the system comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
generate a media guide display that includes at least some of a plurality of media asset listings and a time bar, wherein at least a portion of the time bar represents a time interval different from a time interval of the at least some of the plurality of media asset listings;
identify a first portion of the time bar that represents a first time interval during which media assets, for which a respective media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission;
identify a second portion, within the first portion of the time bar, that represents a second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets, for which the respective media guidance function has been assigned, overlap; and
generate, for simultaneous display within the media guide display:
a first indicator, in the first portion of the time bar, to represent the first time interval during which the media assets, to which the media guidance function has been assigned, are scheduled for transmission, wherein the first indicator is displayed regardless of whether the transmission times of the media assets overlap; and
a second indicator, in the second portion of the time bar, to represent the second time interval during which the scheduled transmission times of the media assets overlap, wherein at least a part of the first or the second indicator corresponds to a first scheduled transmission time of one of the media assets that is different than a second scheduled transmission time, corresponding to a given media asset listing, represented in the media guide display.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first of the media assets includes a scheduled recording, a reminder for the first media asset, or a recommendation to a user to access the first media asset.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
determine whether the media guidance function assigned to the media assets having the scheduled transmission times that overlap causes a resource conflict; and
prevent the second indicator from being displayed in response to determining that the media guidance function does not cause the resource conflict.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first of the media assets is different from the media guidance function assigned to a second of the media assets.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the time bar represents a third time interval that includes the first and second time intervals, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
receive a user request to navigate through the plurality of media asset listings within the third time interval; and
generate for display a first of the media asset listings corresponding to a first of the media assets after receiving the user request.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display the time bar with the plurality of media asset listings, wherein the time bar in the generated display represents time intervals for a twelve or twenty-four hour period.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first and second indicators are generated for being displayed without a first media asset listing corresponding to a first of the media assets being displayed.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media guidance function assigned to a first and a second of the media assets is a recommendation to a user to access the first and second media assets, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
schedule the first media asset for recording; and
generate for display the second media asset.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the scheduling and the generating for display are performed automatically in response to receiving a first user selection of a first media asset listing that corresponds to the first media asset or a second user selection of a second media asset listing that corresponds to the second media asset.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
receive a first user input selecting the second portion of the time bar;
generate, for display, a prompt identifying the media assets for which the overlap in scheduled transmission times has been identified; and
receive a second user input changing the media guidance function assigned to one of the identified media assets.