Browse filters on a television interface
First Claim
1. A system that couples to a service that provides access to content, the system comprising:
- a user interface input mechanism comprising up and down directional sensors and a selection mechanism;
a query component that queries the service for a filtered list of items to display, including top download items or new arrival items, or both top download items and new arrival items; and
a user interface output component that displays at least some of the filtered list of items in rows for selection of an item via user interaction with the user interface input mechanism, the user interaction including navigation commands entered at the up and down directional sensors and a selection command entered via the selection mechanism.
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Abstract
Described are a system and a corresponding user interface that couple to a media service to provide browse-filtered access to media content, in a manner that facilitates location and/or selection of a particular content item. For example, filtering categories (e.g., new arrivals, genre, and so forth) are listed vertically for navigation and selection in one column, with representations of available content (e.g., top downloads) listed vertically in another column. Queries corresponding to a home page menu as controllable via user input provide the listed items, whereby the user may navigate and select content and filtered submenus via a simplified user interface input mechanism, such as a D-Pad or the like. One filtering category may include a ratings-based category, in which a user is matched to content items based upon ratings provided by at least one ratings source affiliated with the service (a friends list).
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20 Claims
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1. A system that couples to a service that provides access to content, the system comprising:
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a user interface input mechanism comprising up and down directional sensors and a selection mechanism; a query component that queries the service for a filtered list of items to display, including top download items or new arrival items, or both top download items and new arrival items; and a user interface output component that displays at least some of the filtered list of items in rows for selection of an item via user interaction with the user interface input mechanism, the user interaction including navigation commands entered at the up and down directional sensors and a selection command entered via the selection mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a media environment in which media content obtained from a service may be presented on a device, a user interface, comprising:
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selectable representations of filtering categories listed vertically for navigation, each represented filtering category when selected providing access to a corresponding subset of media content available via the service; and selectable representations of available content presented separately from the selectable filtering categories and listed vertically for navigation, each representation of content when selected providing access to that content without requiring further sub-selection among other selectable content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a media environment, a user interface system, comprising:
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an input mechanism having directional navigation sensors and a selection mechanism; and an output mechanism that outputs a display comprising; a list of filtering categories listed vertically in one column for navigation, each filtering category capable of being selected, and when selected providing access to a corresponding subset of media content; and representations of available content listed vertically in another column for navigation, each representation of available content capable of being selected, and when selected providing access to corresponding media content without requiring further sub-selection among other selectable content. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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