System and method for providing a user interface for media navigation by attribute compass

• US 10,254,909 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Eskander, Tamer Safwat Aziz
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hasty, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/251,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20130086498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,745 Days
• Field of Search: 715765, 715854
• 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

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for providing a user interface for media navigation by attribute compass. The system comprises a processor configured to show, on a display, a grid view of a plurality of media items. The processor is further configured to present, on the display, a plurality of attribute compasses associated with the media item selected from the plurality of media items, designate the selected media item as a pivot item upon receiving a selection of an attribute compass from the plurality of attribute compasses, the attribute compass comprising a positive correlation between a direction and an attribute, and arrange the grid view according to the positive correlation of the attribute compass. By presenting the user with a grid view and a plurality of attribute compasses, the user may intuitively and continuously navigate towards the direction containing media items with relevant attributes.

Claims

1. A system providing a user interface for facilitated navigation through a plurality of media items to locate a media item relevant to a user interest, the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

show, on a display, a grid view of the plurality of media items;

receive a selection of a first media item from the plurality of media items;

present, on the display, a first plurality of attribute compasses associated with the first media item;

receive a first user selection of a first attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses, the first attribute compass comprising a first positive correlation between a first direction and a first attribute and a second positive correlation between a second direction and a second attribute, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions on a common axis, wherein the first media item is a movie, the first attribute is a first movie genre and the second attribute is a second movie genre, and wherein the plurality of media items include first movies in the first direction and second movies in the second direction;

designate the first media item as a pivot item upon receiving the first user selection of the first attribute compass;

arrange the grid view according to the first positive correlation and the second positive correlation of the first attribute compass, wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the first direction, a weight of the first attribute of a next one of the first movies increases and a weight of the second attribute of the next one of the first movies decreases, and wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the second direction, the weight of the second attribute of a next one of the second movies increases and the weight of the first attribute of the next one of the second movies decreases.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of media items is assigned an attribute score corresponding to the first plurality of attribute compasses, and wherein a difference in the attribute score of each of the plurality of media items to the pivot item is proportional to a distance between the each of the plurality of media items and the pivot item on the grid view.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the arranging comprises placing the pivot item at a center of the grid view.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, in response to another selection by the user, another attribute compass from the plurality of attribute compasses, the another attribute compass comprising a third positive correlation between a third direction and a third attribute and a fourth positive correlation between a fourth direction and a fourth attribute, wherein the third direction and the fourth direction are opposite directions; and

rearrange the grid view according to the third positive correlation and the fourth positive correlation of the attribute compass, wherein a weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items increases in the third direction and a weight of the fourth attribute of the media items decreases in the third direction, wherein the weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items decreases in the fourth direction and the weight of the fourth attribute of the media items increases in the fourth direction.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein prior to presenting, the processor is configured to-initially choose the pivot item based on one of an initial user selection, a default selection set in a user profile, a selection based on prior user selections, and a recommendation engine selection.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

present, on the display, an another plurality of attribute compasses associated with another media item selected from the plurality of media items;

receive another selection of another attribute compass from the another plurality of attribute compasses, the another attribute compass comprising a third positive correlation between a third direction and a third attribute and a fourth positive correlation between a fourth direction and a fourth attribute, wherein the third direction and the fourth direction are opposite directions, and wherein the processor is further configured to;

designate the another media item as the pivot item upon receiving the another selection of the another attribute compass selected from the another plurality of attribute compasses; and

rearrange the grid view according to the third positive correlation and the fourth positive correlation of the another attribute compass, wherein a weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items increases in the third direction and a weight of the fourth attribute of the media items decreases in the third direction, wherein the weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items decreases in the fourth direction and the weight of the fourth attribute of the media items increases in the fourth direction.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises dynamically determining at least one common attribute compass corresponding to the plurality of media items.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a second user selection of a second attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses;

receive a third user selection of a second media item from the plurality of media items;

determine, in response to receiving the third user selection, a second plurality of attribute compasses associated with the second media item, the second plurality of attribute compasses differing from the first plurality of attribute compasses; and

present, on the display, the second plurality of attribute compasses associated with the second media item.

7. A method for providing a user interface for facilitated navigation through a plurality of media items to locate a media item relevant to a user interest, the method comprising:

showing, on a display, a grid view of the plurality of media items;

receiving a selection of a first media item from the plurality of media items;

presenting, on the display, a first plurality of attribute compasses associated with the first media item;

receiving a first user selection of a first attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses, the first attribute compass comprising a first positive correlation between a first direction and a first attribute and a second positive correlation between a second direction and a second attribute, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions on a common axis, wherein the first media item is a movie, the first attribute is a first movie genre and the second attribute is a second movie genre, and wherein the plurality of media items include first movies in the first direction and second movies in the second direction;

designating the first media item as a pivot item upon receiving the first user selection of the first attribute compass;

arranging the grid view according to the first positive correlation and the second positive correlation of the first attribute compass, wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the first direction, a weight of the first attribute of a next one of the first movies increases and a weight of the second attribute of the next one of the first movies decreases, and wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the second direction, the weight of the second attribute of a next one of the second movies increases and the weight of the first attribute of the next one of the second movies decreases.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of media items is assigned an attribute score corresponding to the first plurality of attribute compasses, and wherein a difference in the attribute score of each of the plurality of media items to the pivot item is proportional to a distance between the each of the plurality of media items and the pivot item on the grid view.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the arranging comprises placing the pivot item at a center of the grid view.

10. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

receiving, in response to another selection by the user, the another attribute compass comprising a third positive correlation between a third direction and a third attribute and a fourth positive correlation between a fourth direction and a fourth attribute, wherein the third direction and the fourth direction are opposite directions; and

rearranging the grid view according to the third positive correlation and the fourth positive correlation of the attribute compass, wherein a weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items increases in the third direction and a weight of the fourth attribute of the media items decreases in the third direction, wherein the weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items decreases in the fourth direction and the weight of the fourth attribute of the media items increases in the fourth direction.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein, prior to presenting, the method comprises initially choosing the pivot item based on one of an initial user selection, a default selection set in a user profile, a selection based on prior user selections, and a recommendation engine selection.

12. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

presenting, on the display, an another plurality of attribute compasses associated with another media item selected from the plurality of media items;

receiving another selection of another attribute compass from the another plurality of attribute compasses, the another attribute compass comprising a third positive correlation between a third direction and a third attribute and a fourth positive correlation between a fourth direction and a fourth attribute, wherein the third direction and the fourth direction are opposite directions;

designating the another media item as the pivot item upon receiving the another selection of the another attribute compass selected from the another plurality of attribute compasses; and

rearranging the grid view according to the third positive correlation and the fourth positive correlation of the another attribute compass, wherein a weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items increases in the third direction and a weight of the fourth attribute of the media items decreases in the third direction, wherein the weight of the third attribute of the plurality of the media items decreases in the fourth direction and the weight of the fourth attribute of the media items increases in the fourth direction.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein determining further comprises dynamically determining at least one common attribute compass corresponding to the plurality of media items.

16. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

receiving a second user selection of a second attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses;

receiving a third user selection of a second media item from the plurality of media items;

determining, in response to receiving the third user selection, a second plurality of attribute compasses associated with the second media item, the second plurality of attribute compasses differing from the first plurality of attribute compasses; and

presenting, on the display, the second plurality of attribute compasses associated with the second media item.

17. A method comprising:

showing, on a display, a grid view of the plurality of media items;

receiving a selection of a media item from the plurality of media items;

presenting, on the display, a first plurality of attribute compasses associated with the selected media item;

receiving a first user selection of a first attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses, the first attribute compass comprising a first positive correlation between a first direction and a first attribute and a second positive correlation between a second direction and a second attribute, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions on a common axis;

arranging the grid view according to the first positive correlation and the second positive correlation of the first attribute compass, wherein the plurality of media items include first media items in the first direction and second media items in the second direction, wherein as moving farther from the selected media item in the first direction, a weight of the first attribute of a next one of the first media items increases and a weight of the second attribute of the next one of the first media items decreases, and wherein as moving farther from the selected media item in the second direction, the weight of the second attribute of a next one of the second media items increases and the weight of the first attribute of the next one of the second media items decreases.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first attribute is a first genre and the second attribute is a second genre.