Information system
View Patent ↗A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas for displaying messages to the user.
1. A method comprising:
causing a media asset to be displayed in a first region of a display;
receiving a user indication to access a web page;
receiving the web page, wherein the web page includes a first portion that is associated with a source of the media asset; and
in response to receiving the user indication:
replacing a display of the media asset in the first region with a display of the web page in the first region; and
causing the media asset to be displayed on the web page in a second region of the display, wherein the second region is selectable by receiving a first input that positions a cursor over the second region and a second input that selects the second region.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the user indication, causing web content related to the media asset to be displayed in the first region.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the second input that selects the second region.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the second input that selects the second region, replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing an interactive indicator to be displayed when web content related to the media asset is available.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the interactive indicator includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link and a selectable window depicting the web content.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user indication to access the webpage is a first invocation of a control input, and further comprising:
receiving a second invocation of the control input; and
in response to receiving the second invocation of the control input, replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
causing to be displayed over the display of the media asset, a representation of the web page after replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
causing to be displayed, an indication that the display of the web page in the first region is replaceable with the display of the media asset, after the display of the media asset has been replaced with the display of the web page in the first region.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
causing to be displayed in the web page, an identifier of the source of the media asset.
11. A system comprising:
a memory; and
control circuitry configured to:
cause a media asset to be displayed in a first region of a display;
receive a user indication to access a web page;
receive the web page, wherein the web page includes a first portion that is associated with a source of the media asset;
store the received web page in the memory; and
in response to receiving the user indication:
replace a display of the media asset in the first region with a display of the web page, stored in the memory, in the first region; and
cause the media asset to be displayed on the web page in a second region of the display, wherein the second region is selectable by receiving a first input that positions a cursor over the second region and a second input that selects the second region.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
in response to receiving the user indication, cause web content related to the media asset to be displayed in the first region.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
receive the second input that selects the second region.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
in response to receiving the second input that selects the second region, replace the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
causes an interactive indicator to be displayed when web content related to the media asset is available.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the interactive indicator includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link and a selectable window depicting the web content.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the user indication to access the web page is a first invocation of a control input, and the control circuitry further:
receives a second invocation of the control input; and
in response to receiving the second invocation of the control input, replaces the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
cause to be displayed over the display of the media asset, a representation of the web page after replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.
19. The system of claim 11 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
cause to be displayed, an indication that the display of the web page in the first region is replaceable with the display of the media asset, after the display of the media asset has been replaced with the display of the web page in the first region.
20. The system of claim 11 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
cause to be displayed in the web page, an identifier of the source of the media asset.