System and method of displaying content

• US 10,200,742 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2015
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stahulak, Charles, Barnes, Bruce, Mallian, Dolores J., Marathe, Nikhil
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael, Paulos M
• Application Number:
  US14/804,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• Field of Search: 348734, 348474, 348473, 348487, 348725, 348720, 348731, 348732, 348552-554, 348563-565, 348569-570, 725725, 725720, 725731, 725732, 725 38, 725 39, 725 37, 725 40, 725 46, 725 52, 725 54, 725 57, 725 43, 725 47, 725 56, 725 61, 725142, 725 10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42692 for reading from or writing on a volatile storage medium, e.g. Random Access Memory [RAM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4384 involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4823 using a channel name
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a computing device, input indicating a request to view a list. The list includes multiple elements, each of the elements corresponding to respective video content. The method also includes sending the list to a display device in response to the request, where the elements of the list are ordered based on a display order of the respective video content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first device at a second device, first input corresponding to a first selection of a previous channel option, the first input indicating a request to view a list, wherein the list includes multiple elements, each of the elements corresponding to respective video content;

sending list data corresponding to the list to the first device in response to the request, wherein the elements of the list are ordered based on a display order in which the respective video content was displayed prior to receiving the first input;

receiving, at the second device, second input corresponding to a second selection of the previous channel option; and

navigating within the list based on the second input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display order corresponds to an order that the respective video content was displayed on a third device distinct from the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the elements of the list are ordered from most recently displayed to least recently displayed, or from least recently displayed to most recently displayed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a number of elements included in the list is less than or equal to a threshold number of elements.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, responsive to the list including the threshold number of elements, removing an oldest element corresponding to a least recently displayed video content item from the list and adding a new element corresponding to a most recently displayed video content item to the list.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the threshold number of elements is user defined.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the elements includes an identifier associated with the respective video content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the list is displayed concurrently with particular video content corresponding to a particular element included in the list.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving the particular video content via a network.

10. A device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a first device, first input corresponding to a first selection of a previous channel option, the first input indicating a request to view a list, wherein the list includes multiple elements, each of the elements corresponding to respective video content;

sending list data corresponding to the list to the first device in response to the request, wherein the elements of the list are ordered based on a display order in which the respective video content was displayed prior to receiving the first input;

receiving second input corresponding to a second selection of the previous channel option; and

navigating within the list based on the second input.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving third input indicating selection of a number; and

selecting a particular element of the list based on the number and based on a position of the particular element in the list.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor and the memory, are included in a desktop computer or a laptop computer.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor and the memory are included in a set-top box.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor and the memory are included in a game console.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor and the memory are included in a wireless electronic device.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise sending particular video content corresponding to a particular element included in the list to a second device such that the list is displayed concurrently with the particular video content.

17. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first device, first input corresponding to a first selection of a previous channel option, the first input indicating a request to view a list, wherein the list includes multiple elements, each of the elements corresponding to respective video content;

sending list data corresponding to the list to the first device in response to the request, wherein the elements of the list are ordered based on a display order in which the respective video content was displayed prior to receiving the first input;

receiving second input corresponding to a second selection of the previous channel option; and

navigating within the list based on the second input.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the display order corresponds to an order that the respective video content was displayed on a third device distinct from the first device.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the elements of the list are ordered from most recently displayed to least recently displayed, or from least recently displayed to most recently displayed.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the list is displayed concurrently with display of particular video content corresponding to a particular element included in the list.