USER INTERFACE FOR PUBLIC AND PERSONAL CONTENT BROWSING AND SELECTION IN A CONTENT SYSTEM

• US 20110283232A1
• Filed: 03/16/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Sinha, Gaurav, Jordan, David, White, Gareth Dean, Wheeler, Trent, Trenz, Daniel Wright, Stathacopoulos, Paul T., Woods, Thomas Steven, Peterson, Brian, Dow, Christopher, Dykeman, Kim Rubric, Conness, Jason, Arai, China
• Application Number:
  US13/049,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20110283232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method providing a user interface for content browsing and selection in a content system. Embodiments include: gathering available content information related to a plurality of content items from a plurality of content sources via a data network, the plurality of content sources including a public content source and a personal content source; processing the content information, using a processor, to provide digital representations of the plurality of content items, the digital representations including a digital representation of a public content item from the public content source and a digital representation of a personal content item from the personal content source; and displaying available content information related to the selected content item in response to receiving a selection of the content item, the available content information including at least one user-selectable command option for obtaining an additional level of detailed information related to the selected content item.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

gathering available content information related to a plurality of content items from a plurality of content sources via a data network, the plurality of content sources including a public content source and a personal content source;

processing the content information, using a processor, to provide digital representations of the plurality of content items, the digital representations including a digital representation of a public content item from the public content source and a digital representation of a personal content item from the personal content source;

receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of content items, the selection being in response to a user action performed on the digital representation corresponding to the selected content item; and

displaying available content information related to the selected content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item, the available content information including at least one user-selectable command option for obtaining an additional level of detailed information related to the selected content item.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including enabling a user to select a second content item that is related to the selected content item based on the displayed content information.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on personnel related to the selected content item.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on similar content related to the selected content item.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on music or audio related to the selected content item.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including processing the content information by extracting metadata from the content information.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the selected content item is of a type from the group:

movie content, television content, personal content, and internet content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the displayed content information including a digital representation of a cover design corresponding to a physical media of the selected content item.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including providing a user interface object to enable a user to receive a recommendation of other content related to the selected content item.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including delivering a selected content item to a user platform of a user.

11. A system comprising:

one or more data processors;

a data network interface in communication with the one or more data processors;

a database for storing processed content information and accessible to the one or more data processors;

a user interface component having a data network interface, the user interface component being executable by the one or more data processors to;

gather available content information related to a plurality of content items from a plurality of content sources via a data network, the plurality of content sources including a public content source and a personal content source;

process the content information to provide digital representations of the plurality of content items, the digital representations including a digital representation of a public content item from the public content source and a digital representation of a personal content item from the personal content source;

receive a selection of at least one of the plurality of content items, the selection being in response to a user action performed on the digital representation corresponding to the selected content item; and

display available content information related to the selected content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item, the available content information including at least one user-selectable command option for obtaining an additional level of detailed information related to the selected content item.

12. The system of claim 11 being configured to enable a user to select a second content item that is related to the selected content item based on the displayed content information.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on personnel related to the selected content item.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on similar content related to the selected content item.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the displayed content information includes detailed information on music or audio related to the selected content item.

16. The system of claim 11 being configured to process the content information by extracting metadata from the content information.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the selected content item is of a type from the group:

movie content, television content, personal content, internet content.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the displayed content information including a digital representation of a cover design corresponding to a physical media of the selected content item.

19. The system of claim 11 being configured to provide a user interface object to enable a user to receive a recommendation of other content related to the selected content item.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the user interface component being configured to deliver a selected content item to a user platform of a user.

21. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

gather available content information related to a plurality of content items from a plurality of content sources via a data network, the plurality of content sources including a public content source and a personal content source;

process the content information to provide digital representations of the plurality of content items, the digital representations including a digital representation of a public content item from the public content source and a digital representation of a personal content item from the personal content source;

receive a selection of at least one of the plurality of content items, the selection being in response to a user action performed on the digital representation corresponding to the selected content item; and

display available content information related to the selected content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item, the available content information including at least one user-selectable command option for obtaining an additional level of detailed information related to the selected content item.

22. A user platform with a data network interface, the user platform comprising:

a content information cache; and

a user interface component being executable by one or more data processors to;

gather available content information related to a plurality of content items from a plurality of content sources via a data network, the plurality of content sources including a public content source and a personal content source;

process the content information to provide digital representations of the plurality of content items, the digital representations including a digital representation of a public content item from the public content source and a digital representation of a personal content item from the personal content source;

receive a selection of at least one of the plurality of content items, the selection being in response to a user action performed on the digital representation corresponding to the selected content item; and

display available content information related to the selected content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item, the available content information including at least one user-selectable command option for obtaining an additional level of detailed information related to the selected content item.