Dynamic hyperlinking approach

• US 20070028190A1
• Filed: 05/22/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CEVA Technologies, Inc. (CEVA Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Hillcrest Laboratories Incorporated (CEVA Incorporated)
• Inventors: Stachfield, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,555,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• 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 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection

Abstract

A method of returning target scenes from a user link request is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a user link request on a user interface; comparing the received user link request to a plurality of entries in a lookup table; for each entry in the plurality of entries in the lookup table that matches the received user link request, identifying a target scene that corresponds to the matched entry in the lookup table; determining a closest one of the target scenes if multiple entries in the lookup table match the user link request; and transitioning to the closest target scene.

Claims

1. A method of returning target scenes from a user link request, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a user link request on a user interface;

comparing said received user link request to a plurality of entries in a lookup table;

for each entry in the plurality of entries in the lookup table that matches the received user link request, identifying a target scene that corresponds to the matched entry in the lookup table;

determining a closest one of the target scenes if multiple entries in the lookup table match the user link request; and

transitioning to the closest target scene.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a scene corresponds to a node, said scene being defined by a path to the node.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user link request occurs at a node.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the closest target scene is determined by comparing a path of the node corresponding to the user link request with a path of each of the nodes corresponding to the target scenes.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting a target scene having the path with a longest common prefix with the path of the node corresponding to the user link request.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein if multiple target scenes have a same length common prefix, then

selecting the target scene having a fewest number of prefixes beyond the common prefix.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein if multiple target scenes have a same number of prefixes beyond the common prefix, then

selecting one of the multiple target scenes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a user interface corresponds to a home entertainment system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user link request is received via a user input device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user input device is a free space pointing device.