METHOD, NAVIGATION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR WIDGETS ON INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES

• US 20120257110A1
• Filed: 09/15/2010
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harald Amundsen
• Original Assignee: Harald Amundsen
• Inventors: Amundsen, Harald
• Granted Patent: US 8,736,764 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

System for providing widgets on a display of a TV unit, which TV unit is provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device which provides Internet to the TV unit, and the system includes an internal or external control device for controlling the TV unit. The Internet-enabled device is arranged for providing widgets on the display of the TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch. The invention also includes a method for the same.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A system for providing widgets on a display of a TV unit provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device which provides Internet to the TV unit, the system comprising:

an internal or external control device for controlling the digital TV unit;

wherein the Internet-enabled device is configured to provide widgets on the display of the digital TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the Internet-enabled device includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of:

an interface for communicating with the TV unit;

software and/or means for controlling, displaying and navigating widgets on the display of the TV unit; and

software and/or means for security, including password protection of widgets profiles.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the Internet-enabled device is configured for one or more of:

communicating with a web portal for retrieving available widgets;

communicating with the control device via the TV unit; and

setting up, changing, deleting, storing and/or uploading profiles including widgets.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein the Internet-enabled device is arranged to provide widgets on the display of the digital TV unit for a certain time when the widget has been updated.

21. The system according to claim 17, wherein the widgets are arranged to be dragged and dropped at a desired spot on the display of the TV unit by means of the control device, or defined through a web portal.

22. A system according to claim 17, wherein the widgets can be provided with desired backgrounds, fonts, tags, or colors.

23. A method for providing widgets on a display of a digital TV unit provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

communicating with a web portal for retrieving widgets and widgets profiles by means of the Internet-enabled device;

defining and uploading profiles including widgets;

making the widgets sticky or un-sticky;

presenting the sticky widgets on the display of the TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch.

24. The method according to claim 23, comprising making the widgets “

sticky on change”

.

25. The method according to claim 23, comprising activating normal TV or TV with widgets.

26. The method according to claim 23, further comprising changing and saving profiles, and/or password protecting profiles.

27. The method according to claim 23, comprising checking if a profile is password protected, and asking for a password if the profile is password protected.

28. The method according to claim 27, comprising checking that an entered password is correct, and, if incorrect, asking for the password once more, or resending the password to a registered e-mail address, or sending an SMS to a registered phone number.

29. The method according to claim 23, comprising dragging and dropping the widgets at a desired spot on the display of the digital TV unit by means of a control device, or defined through the web-portal.

30. The method according to claim 23, comprising communicating with a web-based community.

31. The method according to claim 30, comprising publishing widgets and widgets profiles in the web-based community.