SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICAL CONTROL OF SYMBOL-BASED FEATURES IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER
First Claim
1. A method for graphically controlling symbol-based features in a television receiver configured to present imagery on a display in response to viewer instructions transmitted from a remote control, the method comprising:
- presenting a keypad image on the display, wherein the keypad image comprises a plurality of key images each corresponding to one of the symbol-based features;
receiving a two-dimensional input from the remote control that indicates one of the key images; and
updating the imagery on the display in response to the received two-dimensional input.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide for graphically controlling numeric, alphanumeric or other symbol-based features on a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A keypad image is presented on the display that includes key images corresponding to the symbol-based features. A two-dimensional input is received from the remote control that indicates one of the key images, and imagery on the display is updated in response to the received two-dimensional input.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for graphically controlling symbol-based features in a television receiver configured to present imagery on a display in response to viewer instructions transmitted from a remote control, the method comprising:
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presenting a keypad image on the display, wherein the keypad image comprises a plurality of key images each corresponding to one of the symbol-based features; receiving a two-dimensional input from the remote control that indicates one of the key images; and updating the imagery on the display in response to the received two-dimensional input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for selecting a channel in a television receiver configured to present imagery on a display in response to viewer instructions transmitted from a remote control, the method comprising:
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presenting a keypad image on the display, wherein the keypad image comprises a plurality of key images each corresponding to a numeral; receiving a first two-dimensional input from the remote control that indicates at least one of the key images; presenting an indicator of a television channel having a channel number that at least partially corresponds to the indicated key images in response to the first two-dimensional input, wherein the indicator comprises a remember feature; in response to a second two-dimensional input corresponding to the indicator, tuning the receiver to the indicated television channel; and in response to the second two-dimensional input corresponding to the remember feature, associating the television channel indicated by the indicator with a quick reference feature visible on the imagery presented on the display. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A video receiver for presenting imagery on a display in response to viewer input signals provided from a remote control, the receiver comprising:
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a receiver interface configured to receive an incoming modulated signal; a decoder configured to decode the incoming modulated signal to extract a video signal; a wireless receiver configured to receive the viewer input signals from the remote control, wherein the viewer input is a two-dimensional input; and a processor configured to receive the viewer input signals from the wireless receiver and to generate the imagery presented on the display, wherein the imagery comprises a keypad image comprising a plurality of key images each corresponding to a symbol, and wherein the processor is further configured to present an indicator of a television channel having a channel number that at least partially corresponds to the indicated key images in response to the viewer input signals, and, in response to further two-dimensional input corresponding to the indicator, to direct the decoder to decode at least a portion of the incoming modulated signal corresponding to the indicated television channel for presentation on the display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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