Silo manager
First Claim
1. A method of managing a plurality of media sources on an intelligent Television (TV), the method comprising:
- detecting, by a silo manager executing on a processor of the intelligent TV, a request to access a selected media source of the plurality of media sources, each media source of the plurality of media sources being represented as a silo of a plurality of silos displayed on an interface of the intelligent TV in a strip or grid;
detecting, by the silo manager, that a media source of the plurality of media sources other than the selected media source is already active on the intelligent TV;
transitioning, by the silo manager, from the silo representing the media source other than the selected media source to the silo representing the selected media source using a sliding effect on the strip or grid;
enabling, by the silo manager, content associated with the selected media source;
displaying, by the silo manager, the enabled content associated with the selected media source using a zoom effect, wherein the zoom effect comprises shrinking content of the media source other than the selected media source into the silo representing the media source of the plurality of media sources other than the selected media source in the strip or grid and expanding the silo representing the selected media source from the strip or grid to full screen;
receiving, by a panel manager executing on the processor of the intelligent TV, a user input that requests activation of a media center panel while displaying content, the media center panel comprising a translucent user interface displayed in at least a portion of the television display over the enabled content associated with the selected media source, wherein the media center panel has two or more types displayed in the user interface based on a type of the user input, wherein the two or more media center panel types comprise at least one media center panel associated with a top level of a hierarchy of media center panels and one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels, and wherein the one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels comprises one or more of a volume panel displaying information about an audio volume control or other settings for volume, a settings panel displaying information about settable characteristics of the intelligent TV, or a notification panel displaying information about video on demand displays, favorites, or currently provided programs;
determining, by the panel manager, the type of media center panel requested based on the type of the user input; and
displaying, by the panel manager, on the television display, the determined media center panel type.
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Abstract
An Intelligent TV having a silo manager, a panel manager and a panel controller. The various managers and controllers managing a global panel and an application panel. The global panel includes various types of information and the various types of input and content available. The global panel includes various information including, for example, Live TV information, on demand information, media center information, application information, HDMI 1 information, HDMI 2 information, HDMI 3 information, component 1 information, component 2 information, AV 1 information, AV 2 information, VGA information, as well as an option to hide undetected inputs. The application panel is dynamic and can optionally change based on one or more of context and content of the underlying application being viewed. The application panel can include various subcategories of information, with the number and type of the subcategories also capable of being dynamic based on the underlying context or content.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of managing a plurality of media sources on an intelligent Television (TV), the method comprising:
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detecting, by a silo manager executing on a processor of the intelligent TV, a request to access a selected media source of the plurality of media sources, each media source of the plurality of media sources being represented as a silo of a plurality of silos displayed on an interface of the intelligent TV in a strip or grid; detecting, by the silo manager, that a media source of the plurality of media sources other than the selected media source is already active on the intelligent TV; transitioning, by the silo manager, from the silo representing the media source other than the selected media source to the silo representing the selected media source using a sliding effect on the strip or grid; enabling, by the silo manager, content associated with the selected media source; displaying, by the silo manager, the enabled content associated with the selected media source using a zoom effect, wherein the zoom effect comprises shrinking content of the media source other than the selected media source into the silo representing the media source of the plurality of media sources other than the selected media source in the strip or grid and expanding the silo representing the selected media source from the strip or grid to full screen; receiving, by a panel manager executing on the processor of the intelligent TV, a user input that requests activation of a media center panel while displaying content, the media center panel comprising a translucent user interface displayed in at least a portion of the television display over the enabled content associated with the selected media source, wherein the media center panel has two or more types displayed in the user interface based on a type of the user input, wherein the two or more media center panel types comprise at least one media center panel associated with a top level of a hierarchy of media center panels and one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels, and wherein the one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels comprises one or more of a volume panel displaying information about an audio volume control or other settings for volume, a settings panel displaying information about settable characteristics of the intelligent TV, or a notification panel displaying information about video on demand displays, favorites, or currently provided programs; determining, by the panel manager, the type of media center panel requested based on the type of the user input; and displaying, by the panel manager, on the television display, the determined media center panel type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to manage a plurality of media sources on the intelligent Television (TV) by; detecting a request to access a selected media source of the plurality of media sources, each media source of the plurality of media sources represented as a silo of a plurality of silos displayed on an interface of the intelligent TV in a strip or grid, detecting that a media source of the plurality of media sources other than the selected media source is already active on the intelligent TV, transitioning from the silo representing the media source other than the selected media source to the silo representing the selected media source using a sliding effect on the strip or grid, enabling content associated with the selected media source, displaying the enabled content associated with the selected media source using a zoom effect, wherein the zoom effect comprises shrinking content of the media source other than the selected media source into the silo representing the media source other than the selected media source in the strip or grid and expanding the silo representing the selected media source from the strip or grid to full screen; receiving a user input that requests activation of a media center panel while displaying content, the media center panel comprising a translucent user interface displayed in at least a portion of the television display over the enabled content associated with the selected media source, wherein the media center panel has two or more types displayed in the user interface based on a type of the user input, wherein the two or more media center panel types comprise at least one media center panel associated with a top level of a hierarchy of media center panels and one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels, and wherein the one or more media center panels associated with a level of the hierarchy of media center panels below the top level of the hierarchy of the media center panels comprise one or more of a volume panel displaying information about an audio volume control or other settings for volume, a settings panel displaying information about settable characteristics of the intelligent TV, or a notification panel displaying information about video on demand displays, favorites, or currently provided programs; determining the type of media center panel requested based on the type of the user input; and displaying on the television display the determined media center panel type. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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