Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a, program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program, and set a desired broadcast time for that program.
1. A method comprising:
outputting a video of a scheduled media asset for display in a full screen display;
receiving a first command from a user input device;
generating for display a first media guidance application display over the video of the scheduled media asset, a first media asset identifier for a first unscheduled media asset, a source identifier for a source of the first unscheduled media asset, and an indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, in response to receiving the first command;
receiving a second command from the user input device to play back the video clip preview;
generating for display the video clip preview;
generating for display, after the video clip preview has been played back, an ordering display comprising an ordering option for the first unscheduled media asset, wherein the ordering display is different from the first media guidance application display;
receiving a third command from the user input device to order the first unscheduled media asset; and
generating for display, the first unscheduled media asset, in response to receiving the third command.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first command is associated with a first directional input and a first direction and the second command and third command are associated with a same input on the user input device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first unscheduled media asset is a first recorded media asset.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first recorded media asset is stored at a server.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduled media asset is a broadcast media asset.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first unscheduled media asset is a video-on-demand media asset.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduled media asset, the indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, and the video clip preview are generated for display simultaneously.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media asset identifier, the source identifier, and the indication that the video clip preview is available are displayed within a listing display element.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media guidance application display comprises less than half of a full screen display.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, in response to input from the user input device, a start-time for the first unscheduled media asset while the ordering display is displayed; and
generating for display the first unscheduled media asset at the received start-time.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video clip preview is generated for display, without displaying, during the entire duration of the video clip preview, an offer to order the first unscheduled media asset.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ordering display is generated for display only after the video clip preview has been played back, without requiring any additional viewer input.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video clip preview is generated for display simultaneously with the first media asset identifier for the first unscheduled media asset and the video of the scheduled media asset without modifying the display of the first media asset identifier in the first media guidance application display.
14. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
output a video of a scheduled media asset for display in a full screen display;
receive a first command from a user input device;
generate for display a first media guidance application display over the video of the scheduled media asset, a first media asset identifier for a first unscheduled media asset, a source identifier for a source of the first unscheduled media asset, and an indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, in response to receiving the first command;
receive a second command from the user input device to play back the video clip preview;
generate for display the video clip preview;
generate for display, after the video clip preview has been played back, an ordering display comprising an ordering option for the first unscheduled media asset, wherein the ordering display is different from the first media guidance application display;
receive a third command from the user input device to order the first unscheduled media asset; and
generate for display, the first unscheduled media asset, in response to receiving the third command.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first command is associated with a first directional input and a first direction and the second command and third command are associated with a same input on the user input device.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first unscheduled media asset is a first recorded media asset.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first recorded media asset is stored at a server.
18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the scheduled media asset is a broadcast media asset.
19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first unscheduled media asset is a video-on-demand media asset.
20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the scheduled media asset, the indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, and the video clip preview are generated for display simultaneously.
21. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first media asset identifier, the source identifier, and the indication that the video clip preview is available are displayed within a listing display element.
22. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first media guidance application display comprises less than half of a full screen display.
23. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, in response to input from the user input device, a start-time for the first unscheduled media asset while the ordering display is displayed; and
generate for display the first unscheduled media asset at the received start-time.
24. The system of claim 14 , wherein the video clip preview is generated for display, without displaying, during the entire duration of the video clip preview, an offer to order the first unscheduled asset.
25. The system of claim 14 , wherein the ordering display is generated for display only after the video clip preview has been played back, without requiring any additional viewer input.
26. The system of claim 14 , wherein the video clip preview is generated for display simultaneously with the first media asset identifier for the first unscheduled media asset and the video of the scheduled media asset without modifying the display of the first media asset identifier in the first media guidance application display.
27. A method comprising:
outputting a video of a scheduled media asset for display in a full screen display;
receiving a first command from a user input device;
generating for display a first media guidance application display over the video of the scheduled media asset, a first media asset identifier for a first unscheduled media asset, a source identifier for a source of the first unscheduled media asset, and an indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, based on receiving the first command;
receiving a second command from the user input device to play back the video clip preview;
generating for display the video clip preview, without displaying, during the entire duration of the video clip preview, an offer to order the first unscheduled media asset; and
generating for display without requiring any addition viewer input, after the video clip preview has been played back, an ordering display comprising the offer to order the first unscheduled media asset.
28. The method of claim 27 , further comprising:
generating for display the video clip preview simultaneously with the first media asset identifier for the first unscheduled media asset and the video of the scheduled media asset without modifying the display of the first media asset identifier in the first media guidance application display.
29. A system comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
output a video of a scheduled media asset for display in a full screen display;
receive a first command from a user input device;
generate for display a first media guidance application display over the video of the scheduled media asset, a first media asset identifier for a first unscheduled media asset, a source identifier for a source of the first unscheduled media asset, and an indication that a video clip preview is available for the first unscheduled media asset, based on receiving the first command;
receive a second command from the user input device to play back the video clip preview;
generate for display the video clip preview, without displaying, during the entire duration of the video clip preview, an offer to order the first unscheduled media asset; and
generate for display without requiring any additional viewer input, after the video clip preview has been played back, an ordering display comprising the offer to order the first unscheduled media asset.
30. The system of claim 29 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
generate for display the video clip preview simultaneously with the first media asset identifier for the first unscheduled media asset and the video of the scheduled media asset without modifying the display of the first media asset identifier in the first media guidance application display.