Electronic service information application appropriate for display on devices having smaller display screens
First Claim
1. An application for providing access to service information on a display of a digital device, the application comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
- first instructions for generating a current service information view that provides access to service information currently being delivered; and
second instructions for generating one or more future service information views that provide access to service information of future service delivery and wherein each of the one or more future service information views are defined by hierarchical time planes, wherein a user of the application implements digital device user-interfaces to change from display of the current service information to one of a chosen future service information views.
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Abstract
A service information computer program application and devices and systems that implement the same that is formatted so as to be adaptable to portable digital devices, typically handheld device that have small displays. The service information application provides service program schedules in a hierarchical format, as such, the user benefits from a guide that is highly user-friendly in the small display environment. The application is able to readily locate and access program schedules, program options and program information through minimal user-interface with the application. Additionally, the service information application may provide a record function and ease in locating programs that have been stored by the digital device.
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55 Claims
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1. An application for providing access to service information on a display of a digital device, the application comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
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first instructions for generating a current service information view that provides access to service information currently being delivered; and
second instructions for generating one or more future service information views that provide access to service information of future service delivery and wherein each of the one or more future service information views are defined by hierarchical time planes, wherein a user of the application implements digital device user-interfaces to change from display of the current service information to one of a chosen future service information views. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25)
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- 5. The application of Clam 1, wherein the second instructions for generating one or more future service information views that are defined by hierarchical time planes further provide for generating multiple level views within the hierarchical time planes of the one or more of the future service information views.
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17. A digital device, the device comprising:
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a processing unit;
a memory unit in communication with the processing unit that stores a service information application in the form of computer-readable program instructions including, first instructions for generating a current service information view that provides access to service information currently being delivered; and
second instructions for generating one or more future service information views that provide access to service information of future service delivery and wherein each of the one or more future service information views are defined by hierarchical time planes; and
a display that displays the service information view and the one or more future service information views upon execution of the service information application by the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for accessing future service information on a digital device, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a current service information view on a display of the digital device;
activating a user interface to change the view to a future service information view including a listing of future services;
selecting a future service from the future service information view; and
displaying a service option view that provides a user options related to the future service. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for accessing stored service on a digital device, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a current service information view on a display of the digital device;
activating a user interface to change the view to a past service information view including a listing of stored services;
selecting a stored service from the future service information view; and
accessing the stored services. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A graphical user interface that provides for access to service information on the display of a digital device, the graphical user interface being generated by computer-readable program instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
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first instructions for generating a first view that includes a future time plane and a plurality of user-selectable media objects, wherein each of the selectable media objects correspond to information related to a future service; and
second instructions for generating a second view that includes a past time plane and a plurality of user-selectable media objects, wherein each of the selectable media objects correspond to information related to a previously stored service. wherein user input to the digital device directs the user interface to change from the first view to the second view. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 55)
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54. The graphical user interface of Clam 51, wherein the first instructions for generating a first view that includes a future time plane and a plurality of user-selectable media objects further provides for the selection of the user-selectable media objects to result in display of one or more sub-level views.
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