Techniques for a display navigation system

• US 10,212,484 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2011
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ferren, Bran, Jasmann, Schawn A., Booth, Cory J., Bell, Genevieve, Andersen, David B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel S
• Application Number:
  US13/819,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,734 Days
• Field of Search: 715781
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/20 Position of source determined by a plurality of spaced direction-finders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/635 Overlay text, e.g. embedded captions in a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 : Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 : PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 : User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 : Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• 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 21/4333 : Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 : Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/437 : Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 : Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 : Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4508 : Management of client data or end-user data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 : involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 : involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 : for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 : for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/63 : Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing real-time session protocols H04L65/1101; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 : using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 : Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 : specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 : Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 : Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

In an embodiment, a plurality of categories may be presented in a first ribbon on an electronic display. The plurality of categories may be scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the first ribbon. A category positioned in the active category slot may be determined from the plurality of categories. A plurality of media objects may be presented based on the category. The plurality of media objects may be positioned in a second ribbon and scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the second ribbon. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

present a multimedia stream on an electronic display;

present a plurality of categories in a first ribbon on the electronic display, the plurality of categories scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the first ribbon, the first ribbon parallel and adjacent to a first edge of the electronic display and disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream;

determine a category positioned in the active category slot from the plurality of categories;

present a plurality of media objects based on the category, the plurality of media objects positioned in a second ribbon and scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the second ribbon, the second ribbon parallel and adjacent to a second edge of the electronic display and disposed between the second edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the first edge substantially perpendicular to the second edge;

determine a media object position in the active media object slot from the plurality of media objects;

present an information panel with information based on the media object, the information panel disposed adjacent to the second ribbon and the multimedia stream, the information panel to indicate information based on one or more of the media object or the multimedia stream;

present a plurality of subcategories in a third ribbon based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the third ribbon, the third ribbon parallel and adjacent to the first ribbon and the information panel, the fixed position in the third ribbon adjacent to the fixed position in the first ribbon; and

resize the multimedia stream such that the first ribbon, the information panel, and the third ribbon are disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream and the information panel, the first ribbon, the second ribbon, and the third ribbon do not overlap the multimedia stream.

2. The article of claim 1, the active category slot of the third ribbon adjacent to the active category slot of the first ribbon, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

present an action menu with one or more action items, the action menu disposed proximate to the information panel, the third ribbon, the multimedia stream, and the second ribbon.

3. The article of claim 2, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

present the action menu with a first action item of the one or more action items based on the multimedia stream;

present the action menu with a second action item of the one or more action items based on the category;

present the action menu with a third action item of the one or more action items based on the media object; and

present the action menu with a fourth action item of the one or more action items based on a subcategory of the plurality of subcategories currently in the active subcategory slot.

4. The article of claim 3, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to determine a category from the plurality of categories comprises instructions that when executed enable a system to determine a category based on a first gesture from a user.

5. The article of claim 4, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

determine a media object from the plurality of media objects based on a second gesture from the user.

6. The article of claim 5, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

determine a subcategory positioned in the active subcategory slot from the plurality of subcategories; and

present the plurality of media objects which are positioned in the second ribbon, based at least in part on the subcategory.

7. The article of claim 6, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

present the third ribbon concurrently on the electronic display, together with the first ribbon.

8. The article of claim 6, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

present the third ribbon disposed between the first ribbon and the multimedia stream.

9. The article of claim 6, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:

move, resize, or move and resize at least one of the multimedia stream or another object presented on the electronic display, to prevent the third ribbon from overlapping the multimedia stream and/or the another object, on the electronic display.

10. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

present a cursor in the second ribbon;

receive a back input command from a user; and

responsive to receipt of the back input command, present the cursor in the first ribbon to allow a user to select a new category.

11. The article of claim 1, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

enlarge a size of the category positioned in the active category slot.

12. A method comprising:

presenting a multimedia stream on an electronic display;

presenting a plurality of categories in a first ribbon on the electronic display, the first ribbon parallel and adjacent to a first edge of the electronic display and disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the categories scrollable through an active category slot positioned in a defined position in the first ribbon;

determining a category positioned in the active category slot from the plurality of categories;

presenting a plurality of media objects in a second ribbon based on the category, the second ribbon parallel and adjacent to a second edge of the electronic display and disposed between the second edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the first edge perpendicular to the second edge, the plurality of media objects scrollable through an active media object slot in a defined position in the second ribbon;

determining a media object position in the active media object slot from the plurality of media objects;

presenting information in an information panel based on the media objects disposed adjacent to the second ribbon and the multimedia stream, the information panel to indicate information based on one or more of the media object or the multimedia stream, and, wherein the first ribbon and the second ribbon do not overlap the multimedia stream;

presenting a plurality of subcategories in a third ribbon based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the third ribbon, the third ribbon parallel and adjacent to the first ribbon and the information panel, the fixed position in the third ribbon adjacent to the fixed position in the first ribbon; and

resizing the multimedia stream such that the first ribbon, the information panel, and the third ribbon are disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream.

13. The method of claim 12, the active category slot of the third ribbon adjacent to the active category slot of the first ribbon, the method comprising:

presenting an action menu with one or more action items based on the media object.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting a first set of categories in the first ribbon; and

presenting a second set of categories after a user scrolls the first ribbon, the second set of categories comprises at least one category which is not a part of the first set of categories.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising:

enlarging a size of the category positioned in the active category slot.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting a first set of media objects in the second ribbon; and

presenting a second set of media objects after a user scrolls the second ribbon, the second set of media objects comprises at least one media object which is not a part of the first set of media objects.

17. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting a cursor in the second ribbon;

receiving a back input command from a user; and

responsive to receipt of the back input command, presenting the cursor in the first ribbon to allow a user to select a new category.

18. The method of claim 12, a media object from the plurality of media objects comprises a video clip from a multimedia stream.

19. The method of claim 12, a media object from the plurality of media objects comprises a pre-recorded video clip.

20. The method of claim 12, the category comprises an icon.

21. The method of claim 12, comprising:

determining a media object from the plurality of media objects via a gesture recognition system.

22. An apparatus comprising:

a processing circuitry; and

memory coupled to the processing circuitry, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to navigate a graphical user interface (GUI) view comprising;

a multimedia stream disposed on a first vertical edge and a first horizontal edge of the GUI;

a first vertical column comprising a plurality of categories, the plurality of categories scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the first vertical column, the first vertical column disposed on a second vertical edge of the GUI;

a horizontal row comprising a plurality of media objects based on a category positioned in the active category slot, the media objects scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the horizontal row, the horizontal row disposed on a second horizontal edge of the GUI, wherein the first vertical column and the horizontal row do not overlap the multimedia stream;

an information panel with information based on one or more of a media object positioned in the active media object slot of the multimedia stream, the information panel disposed proximate to the first vertical column and adjacent to the multimedia stream; and

a second vertical column comprising a plurality of subcategories based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the second vertical column, the second vertical column parallel and adjacent to the first vertical column and the information panel, the fixed position in the first vertical column adjacent to the fixed position in the second vertical column, wherein the multimedia stream is resized such that the information panel, the first vertical column and the second vertical column are disposed between the second vertical edge of the GUI and the multimedia stream.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, the active category slot of the second vertical column adjacent to the active category slot of the first vertical column, the GUI view further comprising an action menu with action items based on a media object positioned in the active media object slot.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, instructions that when executed by the processing circuitry further cause the processing circuitry to receive control directives from a gesture recognition system to determine when a user scrolls through one or more of the vertical column and the horizontal row.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

a digital display coupled to the processing circuitry, the GUI presented on the digital display.

26. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

present a multimedia stream on an electronic display;

present a plurality of categories in a category ribbon on the electronic display, the plurality of categories scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the category ribbon, the category ribbon parallel and adjacent to a first edge of the electronic display and disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream;

determine a category positioned in the active category slot from the plurality of categories;

present a plurality of subcategories in a subcategory ribbon based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the subcategory ribbon, the subcategory ribbon parallel and adjacent to the category ribbon;

resize the multimedia stream such that the category ribbon and the subcategory ribbon are disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream;

present a plurality of media objects based on at least one of the category or the subcategory, the plurality of media objects positioned in a media object ribbon and scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the media object ribbon, the media object ribbon at an angle to at least one of the category ribbon or the subcategory ribbon, and disposed between a second edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the first edge substantially perpendicular to the second edge; and

present an information panel with information based on a media object in the active media object slot, the information panel disposed adjacent to the subcategory ribbon and the multimedia stream, the fixed position in the category ribbon adjacent to the fixed position in the subcategory ribbon.