USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE TV INTERACTIVE SERVICES

• US 20090328101A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kiiskinen, Arto, Belt, Sara, Sillanpaa, Hanna, Suomela, Teemu, Laine, Petri T., Hamalainen, Henri T.
• Application Number:
  US12/164,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20090328101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A method includes providing an electronic program guide that presents content programming information for one or more program channels on a broadcast TV device; detecting a selection of a program block in the electronic program guide, the selected program block corresponding to a program scheduled on a program channel; and providing a program indicator block corresponding to the selected program block, the program indicator presenting detailed programming information related to the scheduled program including any program reminder or program recording state setting.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing an electronic program guide that presents content programming information for one or more program channels on a broadcast TV device;

detecting a selection of a program block in the electronic program guide, the selected program block corresponding to a program scheduled on a program channel;

providing a program indicator block corresponding to the selected program block, the program indicator presenting detailed programming information related to the scheduled program including any program reminder or program recording state setting;

detecting a selection of a channel identifier in the electronic program guide corresponding to a program channel;

automatically switching to a broadcast content program corresponding to the selected channel identifier after detecting the selection of the channel identifier; and

automatically closing the electronic program guide.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after providing the electronic program guide, detecting a selection of an indicator from an indicator toolbar presented on the electronic program guide for setting a program reminder or a program recording state;

selecting a program block for a program channel to be associated with the selected indicator;

automatically setting the program reminder or program recording state for the selected program block; and

presenting a graphical indicator in the selected program block that corresponds to the selected indicator.

25. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising computer program code means configured to carry out the method according to claim 1.

3. A method comprising:

detecting a selection of a channel identifier in an electronic program guide corresponding to a content channel;

automatically switching to a broadcast content program corresponding to the selected channel identifier; and

automatically closing the electronic program guide.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, prior to selecting the channel identifier:

activating a controls menu of a mobile TV application in a touch screen device by contacting a screen of the touch screen device while a broadcast content program is running; and

selecting a program guide control to open the electronic program guide.

26. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising computer program code means configured to carry out the method according to claim 3.

5. A method comprising:

detecting contact of a touch screen pointing device with a display of a broadcast content device while the broadcast content device is in a full screen mode;

detecting movement of the touch screen pointing device in a substantially orthogonal direction relative to an edge of the display; and

changing a channel of the broadcast content device depending upon a direction of the detected movement.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising advancing the channel to at least one next channel when the detected movement is one of a right-to left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top movement relative to the edge of the display.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising changing the channel to at least one prior channel when the detected movement is one of a right-to-left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top movement relative to the edge of the display.

27. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising computer program code means configured to carry out the method according to claim 5.

8. A method comprising:

detecting a selection of a channel preview application in a broadcast content device;

displaying a list of available channels on a display of the broadcast content device;

providing a preview area adjacent to the list of available channels on the broadcast content device;

highlighting one of the channels from the list of available channels, wherein a live feed of a content of the highlighted channel is presented in the preview area;

detecting a selection of the highlighted channel; and

providing a full screen view of the selected channel.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein selecting the highlighted channel further comprises activating the highlighted channel from the list of available channels or selecting the preview area.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising highlighting another one of the channels from the list of available channels to view a live feed of a content of the another channel in the preview area.

28. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising computer program code means configured to carry out the method according to claim 8.

11. A method comprising:

detecting an activation of a keypad lock function of a device on which a broadcast content program is being presented; and

enabling an illumination function of a display of the device and a video streaming function to enable the continued presentation of the broadcast content program while the keypad lock function is enabled.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising enabling selection of at least one menu item from a context menu presenting selectable menu items when the keypad lock function is active.

29. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising computer program code means configured to carry out the method according to claim 11.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a command input device;

a display device configured to display broadcast content and content information; and

at least one processor communicating with the display device, the at least one processor being configured to;

provide an electronic program guide to the display device, the electronic program guide corresponding to the broadcast content;

detect a selection of a program block in the electronic program guide by the command input device, the selected program block corresponding to a scheduled program on a content channel; and

provide a program indicator block that provides detailed programming information related to the selected program block including any program reminder or program recording information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the broadcast content is television broadcast content.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising that the apparatus is a mobile communication device.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising that the at least one processor is configured to:

detect a selection by the command input device of an indicator on the electronic program guide, the indicator corresponding to a set program reminder or set program recording state;

detect a selection by the command input device of a program block for a program channel to be associated with the selected indicator; and

automatically setting a program reminder or program recording state for the selected program block.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising that the at least one processor is configured to:

detect a selection of a channel identifier in the electronic program guide corresponding to a content channel; and

automatically switch to a broadcast content program corresponding to the selected channel identifier.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 further comprising that the at least one processor is configured to:

detect selection of a control menu of a mobile TV application while a broadcast content program is running on a touch screen device, the selection comprising contact a display of the touch screen device; and

automatically open the electronic program guide.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, while the broadcast content is displayed:

detect contact of a touch screen pointing device with the display device;

detect movement of the touch screen pointing device on the display device that is in a substantially orthogonal direction relative to an edge of the display device; and

change a content channel depending upon a direction of the detected movement.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the at least one processor is configured to change the channel to a higher or lower channel when the detected movement is one of a right-to-left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top movement relative to the edge of the display device.

21. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising, that the at least one processor is configured to, while the broadcast content is displayed:

detect a selection of a channel preview application;

display a list of available channels on the display device;

provide a preview area adjacent to the list of available channels on the display device;

highlight one of the channels from the list of available channels, wherein a live feed of a content of the highlighted channel is presented in the preview area; and

detect a selection of the highlighted channel; and

provide a full screen view of the selected channel.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a selection of the highlighted channel by detecting an activation of the highlighted channel from the list of available channels or detecting a selection of the preview are in which the highlighted channel is being presented.

23. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect an activation of a keypad lock function of the apparatus while broadcast content is being presented on the display device;

enable the display device to continue to present the broadcast content while the keypad lock function is enabled.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein the at least one processor is configured to enable the display device to continue to present the broadcast content while the keypad lock function is enabled by enabling a display illumination function of the display device and a video streaming function while the keypad lock function is active.