LIVE TELEVISION APPLICATION INFORMATION PANEL

• US 20140053198A1
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Multimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd. (Transpacific IP Group Limited)
• Original Assignee: Flextronics America LLC (Flextronics International Limited)
• Inventors: Sirpal, Sanjiv, Selim, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US13/968,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20140053198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42676 for modulating an analogue carrier signal to encode digital information or demodulating it to decode digital information, e.g. ADSL or cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• 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 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

An intelligent television and methods for user interaction between the intelligent television and the user are provided. In general, a user is provided with navigation, notification, and setup options which enable one or more functions associated with the intelligent television. The presentation of options is based on input received by the intelligent television. As a user provides input to the intelligent television via a remote control or other input device, the intelligent television is configured to interpret the input and provide interactive functionality in the form of content presented to the display of the intelligent television.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting, via a display of an intelligent television (TV), live TV broadcast content, wherein the live TV broadcast content is presented to a first portion of the display;

receiving an informational input at the intelligent TV;

determining, by a processor associated with the intelligent TV and in response to receiving the informational input, live TV informational content that corresponds to at least one of the presented live TV broadcast content and the informational input received;

retrieving, from at least one source, the live TV informational content; and

presenting, via the display, the live TV informational content to a second portion of the display, wherein the second portion of the display is associated with a live TV application panel, and wherein the live TV application panel overlaps at least a portion of the presented live TV broadcast content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the live TV informational content further comprises:

referring to rules stored in a memory, wherein the rules include one or more informational content fields mapped to at least one live TV broadcast content type;

comparing a live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content with the one or more mapped informational content fields;

determining select informational content fields from the one or more mapped informational content fields, wherein the select informational content fields are associated with the live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content; and

including the select informational content fields in the live TV informational content for retrieval.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the live TV informational content is retrieved from two or more signal sources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one source is at least one of a local memory, a remote memory, a broadcast signal, and a memory located across a network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the live TV informational content and the live TV application panel is at least partially transparent, and wherein the presented live TV broadcast content is visible beneath the presented live TV informational content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the first portion is maintained upon presenting the live TV informational content via the second portion of the display.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the informational input is provided via an input device associated with the intelligent TV.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the presented live TV broadcast content includes at least one of a movie, a TV program, a sport event, a TV special, and a radio program.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the presented live TV informational content includes at least one of a program description, a channel identifier, a thumbnail graphic, an electronic program guide (EPG), and preference information.

10. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform the method comprising:

presenting, via a display of an intelligent television (TV), live TV broadcast content, wherein the live TV broadcast content is presented to a first portion of the display;

receiving an informational input at the intelligent TV;

determining, by a processor associated with the intelligent TV and in response to receiving the informational input, live TV informational content that corresponds to at least one of the presented live TV broadcast content and the informational input received;

retrieving, from at least one source, the live TV informational content; and

presenting, via the display, the live TV informational content to a second portion of the display, wherein the second portion of the display is associated with a live TV application panel, and wherein the live TV application panel overlaps at least a portion of the presented live TV broadcast content.

11. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining the live TV informational content of the method further comprises:

referring to rules stored in a memory, wherein the rules include one or more informational content fields mapped to at least one live TV broadcast content type;

comparing a live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content with the one or more mapped informational content fields;

determining select informational content fields from the one or more mapped informational content fields, wherein the select informational content fields are associated with the live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content; and

including the select informational content fields in the live TV informational content for retrieval.

12. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the live TV informational content is retrieved from two or more signal sources.

13. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the at least one source is at least one of a local memory, a remote memory, a broadcast signal, and a memory located across a network.

14. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein at least one of the live TV informational content and the live TV application panel is at least partially transparent, and wherein the presented live TV broadcast content is visible beneath the presented live TV informational content.

15. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein a size of the first portion is maintained upon presenting the live TV informational content via the second portion of the display.

16. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the informational input is provided via an input device associated with the intelligent TV.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the presented live TV broadcast content includes at least one of a movie, a TV program, a sport event, a TV special, and a radio program.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the presented live TV informational content includes at least one of a program description, a channel identifier, a thumbnail graphic, an electronic program guide (EPG), and preference information.

19. A system, comprising:

an intelligent television (TV) having a display and a tuner, wherein the tuner is configured to receive and convert broadcast content signals to be displayed by the display;

an input device associated with the intelligent TV;

a memory; and

a microprocessor operable to;

present, via the display, live TV broadcast content, wherein the live TV broadcast content is presented to a first portion of the display;

receive an informational input at the intelligent TV;

determine, in response to receiving the informational input, live TV informational content that corresponds to at least one of the presented live TV broadcast content and the informational input received;

retrieve, from at least one source, the live TV informational content; and

present, via the display, the live TV informational content to a second portion of the display, wherein the second portion of the display is associated with a live TV application panel, and wherein the live TV application panel overlaps at least a portion of the presented live TV broadcast content.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein determining the live TV informational content further comprises:

referring to rules stored in the memory, wherein the rules include one or more informational content fields mapped to at least one live TV broadcast content type;

comparing a live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content with the one or more mapped informational content fields;

determining select informational content fields from the one or more mapped informational content fields, wherein the select informational content fields are associated with the live TV broadcast content type associated with the presented live TV broadcast content; and

including the select informational content fields in the live TV informational content for retrieval.