WEB BROWSER SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING RECENTLY VIEWED TELEVISION CHANNELS
First Claim
1. A method of displaying recently accessed television channels comprising the following steps:
- determining whether a television channel has been recently selected by a user;
adding the television channel to a list of selected channels if the television channel was determined to be recently selected; and
generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to one of the selected channels.
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Abstract
A system and method provides a way to display images of recently viewed television channels for the user'"'"'s convenience. Multiple recently accessed television channels are stored in a list. Selecting channels in predefined ways causes the channels to be added to the list in an order in which they were accessed. Small screen images corresponding to a number of recently viewed television channels are displayed in a “recent channel” display screen. The small screen image for the channel being currently viewed is active and displays a live broadcast image, while the remaining small screen images display still images. A focus identifies the screen image of the currently active channel. The focus can be moved among the other small screen images within the recent channel display screen, wherein the channel corresponding to the currently focused image becoming the active channel.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of displaying recently accessed television channels comprising the following steps:
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determining whether a television channel has been recently selected by a user;
adding the television channel to a list of selected channels if the television channel was determined to be recently selected; and
generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to one of the selected channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising the following steps:
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generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to a recently selected channel; and
applying a focus to one of the small display screens to designate the one small display screen as active and containing a currently selected television channel and to differentiate the active small display screen from remaining ones of the small display screens. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31)
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26. A method comprising the following steps:
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generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to a recently selected channel; and
displaying still images captured from corresponding channels in the small display screens.
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29. A client system capable of receiving multiple television channels, comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following steps;
determining whether a television channel has been recently selected by a user;
adding the television channel to a list of selected channels if the television channel was determined to be recently selected; and
generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to one of the selected channels. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the following steps:
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determining whether a television channel has been recently selected by a user;
adding the television channel to a list of selected channels if the television channel was determined to be recently selected; and
generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to one of the selected channels.
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34. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the following steps:
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generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to a recently selected channel; and
applying a focus to an active small display screen to designate the active small display screen as containing a currently selected television channel and to differentiate the active small display screen from remaining ones of the small display screens.
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35. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the following steps:
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generating a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to a recently selected channel; and
displaying still images captured from corresponding channels in the small display screens.
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36. In a set-top box system capable of receiving and presenting both television and Web content on a television, a user interface executing on the set-top box system comprising a primary display screen having multiple small display screens, each small display screen corresponding to a channel recently selected by a user, the user interface also having a movable focus to designate one of the small display screens from remaining ones of the small display screens.
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