Hierarchical User Interface for Accessing Related Media Assets
First Claim
1. A hierarchical menu system for an electronic apparatus, said menu system comprising:
- a video review screen that presents a list of video items that are selectable for playback;
a video playback screen that plays the selected video item, wherein the video playback screen is displayed after a video item is selected from the video review screen to be played; and
a related video screen that presents a list of related video items that are related to the selected video item, wherein the related video screen is displayed after the selected related video item has been at least partially played by the video playback screen.
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Abstract
Improved systems and methods to navigate, browse, search and/or playback digital media assets (e.g., media items) hosted on a media server are disclosed. One embodiment pertains to a user interface arrangement, such as a hierarchical menu system, that facilitates navigation, browsing and playing of media items remotely stored on a media server. The user interface arrangement can present and permit navigation of media items related to another media item (such as a media item that has been selected and played). The user interface arrangement can also present and permit navigation of categorized media items. Another embodiment relates to progressive searching of remote media items from a search user interface. The search user interface can, but need not, be part of the user interface arrangement. The user interface arrangement and/or the search user interface can be presented on a display device associated with a client device. In one embodiment, the display device can be a television and the client device can be an electronic apparatus that can couple to the media server via a network.
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26 Claims
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1. A hierarchical menu system for an electronic apparatus, said menu system comprising:
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a video review screen that presents a list of video items that are selectable for playback; a video playback screen that plays the selected video item, wherein the video playback screen is displayed after a video item is selected from the video review screen to be played; and a related video screen that presents a list of related video items that are related to the selected video item, wherein the related video screen is displayed after the selected related video item has been at least partially played by the video playback screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hierarchical menu system for an electronic apparatus, said menu system comprising:
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a video review screen that presents a list of video items that are selectable for playback; a video playback screen that plays the selected video item, wherein the video playback screen is displayed after a video item is selected from the video review screen to be played; and a plurality of nested related video screens that presents a list of related video items that are related to a respective video item played in the video playback screen, wherein one of the related video screens is displayed after the respective video item has been at least partially played by the video playback screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for presenting and playing related media items from a media server that hosts a plurality of media items, said method comprising:
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(a) requesting, from the media server, information pertaining to one or more media items that are related to a previously selected one of the media items; (b) receiving, from the media server, the requested information pertaining to the one or more media items that are related to the previously selected one of the media items; and (c) displaying at least a first portion of the requested information for each of the one or more media items that are related to the previously selected one of the media items. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An electronic apparatus for presenting and playing media information available from a remote media server, said electronic apparatus comprising:
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a display device; a remote controller enabling a user to interact with said electronic apparatus; a memory device for storing data and computer program instructions, the computer program instructions include at least; computer program instructions for requesting, from the media server, information pertaining to one or more media items that are related to a previously selected one of the media items; computer program instructions for receiving, from the media server, the requested information pertaining to the one or more media items that are related to the previously selected one of the media items; and computer program instructions for displaying at least a first portion of the requested information for each of the one or more media items that are related to the previously selected one of the media items; and a processor operatively connected to receive input signals from said remote controller and to output signals to said display device, said processor further operatively connected to said memory device and configured to execute computer program instructions stored in said memory device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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