Devices and methods for user interface presentation and navigation

• US 10,078,432 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2014
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Zhiqiang, Gao, Tongqing, Guo, Tingfeng, Ding, Yichen, Song, Hu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bautista, Xiomar L
• Application Number:
  US14/450,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20150309700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,506 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to presenting a graphical user interface for navigating and browsing content. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and one or more content titles associated with an index table, analyzing the one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the one or more content titles associated with the index table, and updating presentation of the graphical user interface based on the analyzing, wherein the graphical user interface is updated to display graphical elements based on a subset of the content titles associated with the index table and wherein navigation of the graphical user interface is modified to provide increased navigational speed for the graphical user interface. The method may also include receiving a selection for an index table and updating the graphical user interface based on the selection.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a graphical user interface for navigating content, the method comprising:

detecting, by a device, one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and one or more content titles associated with an index table;

analyzing, by the device, the one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the one or more content titles associated with the index table, wherein analyzing includes determining duration of the one or more interface commands;

determining, by the device, an amount of items of the graphical user interface associated with the index table to ignore in response to the duration of the one or more interface commands determined; and

updating, by the device, presentation of the graphical user interface based on the analyzing, wherein the graphical user interface is updated to display graphical elements based on a subset of the content titles associated with the index table and wherein navigation of the user interface is modified to provide increased navigational speed for the graphical user interface, wherein content titles of the graphical user interface are reduced by a determined amount of items to ignore.

2. A method for presenting a graphical user interface for navigating content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a device, a selection of an element of the graphical user interface, wherein the selection is associated with an index table and wherein the index table is associated with one or more content titles;

updating presentation of a graphical user interface, by the device, based on the selection, wherein the user interface is updated to display graphical elements for a plurality of content titles associated with the index table;

detecting, by the device, one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the content titles associated with the index table;

analyzing, by the device, the one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the content titles associated with the index table, wherein analyzing includes determining duration of the one or more interface commands;

determining, by the device, an amount of items of the graphical user interface associated with the index table to ignore in response to the duration of the one or more interface commands determined; and

controlling, by the device, presentation of the graphical user interface based on the analyzing, wherein the graphical user interface is updated to display graphical elements based on a subset of the content titles associated with the index table and wherein navigation of the user interface is modified to provide increased navigational speed for the graphical user interface, wherein content titles of the graphical user interface are reduced by a determined amount of items to ignore.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each index table identifies content based on one or more parameters and wherein each index table identifies a subset of content accessible from a content server.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the content titles are one or more types of content associated with video data, applications and media content.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the graphical user interface is a graphical display to provide graphical elements for selection of content and for at least one of display and output by the device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface commands include at least one of directional, selection, advancement, and scrolling commands.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing includes identifying at least one of duration and quantity of commands received by the device during an interval of time to determine the amount of items to ignore and navigation speed for advancing the graphical user interface.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing includes detecting activation and release of a command input.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the updating includes narrowing content associated with the index table to be presented by the user interface by fixed percentage values, each percentage value corresponding to a length of time an input command is held.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the controlling includes changing the presentation of content by the user interface including at least one of enlarging presentation of content and increasing focus for content titles.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein content presentation is advanced at one or more increasing rates based on the analyzing of one or more interface commands.

12. A device configured to present a graphical user interface for navigating and browsing content, the device comprising:

a communications unit configured to receive a selection of an element of the graphical user interface, wherein the selection is associated with an index table and wherein the index table is associated with one or more content titles; and

a controller coupled to the communications unit, wherein the controller is configured to

update presentation of a graphical user interface based on the selection, wherein the user interface is updated to display graphical elements for a plurality of content titles associated with the index table;

detect one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the content titles associated with the index table;

analyze the one or more interface commands for navigating the graphical user interface and the content titles associated with the index table, wherein analyzing includes determining duration of the one or more interface commands;

determining, by the device, an amount of items of the graphical user interface associated with the index table to ignore in response to the duration of the one or more interface commands determined; and

control presentation of the graphical user interface based on the analyzing, wherein the graphical user interface is updated to display graphical elements based on a subset of the content titles associated with the index table and wherein navigation of the user interface is modified to provide increased navigational speed for the user interface, wherein content titles of the graphical user interface are reduced by a determined amount of items to ignore.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein each index table identifies content based on one or more parameters and wherein each index table identifies a subset of content accessible from a content server.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the content titles are one or more types of content associated with video data, applications and media content.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface is a graphical display to provide graphical elements for selection of content and for at least one of display and output by the device.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the user interface commands include at least one of directional, selection, advancement, and scrolling commands.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein analyzing by the controller includes identifying at least one of duration and quantity of commands received by the device during an interval of time to determine the amount of items to ignore and navigation speed for advancing the graphical user interface.

18. The device of claim 12, wherein analyzing by the controller includes detecting activation and release of a command input.

19. The device of claim 12, wherein updating by the controller includes narrowing content associated with the index table to be presented by the user interface by fixed percentage values, each percentage value corresponding to a length of time an input command is held.

20. The device of claim 12, wherein the controller controls presentation of the graphical user interface based on analyzing including changing the presentation of content by the user interface including at least one of enlarging presentation of content and increasing focus for content titles.

21. The device of claim 12, wherein content presentation is advanced at one or more increasing rates based on the analyzing of one or more interface commands.