GRAPHICALLY RICH, MODULAR, PROMOTIONAL TILE INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION

• US 20140075474A1
• Filed: 08/29/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TVWorks LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Moreau, Samuel, Haber, Darrell, Gibbs, Georgia, Jaroneski, Kathryn, Hirsch, Christine
• Application Number:
  US14/013,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20140075474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/35
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

A user interface arranged as hierarchical grid of tiles configurable to be individually and dynamically programmed for both content type and content placement according to a set of rules defining content placement and display specified by a content controller.

Claims

1-2. -2. (canceled)

3. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device, a user interface comprising one or more tiles, wherein at least one tile of the one or more tiles corresponds to content that is selected for presentation based on a viewer demographic selected from a plurality of viewer demographics, the viewer demographic being selected based at least in part on a time of day; and

causing, by the computing device, the generated user interface to be displayed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more tiles are divided into different groupings of tiles.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one grouping of tiles is individually scrollable.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one grouping of tiles is selected based on one or more business rules.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more business rules control at least one of the content and placement of at least one tile of the one or more tiles.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one tile of the one or more tiles has a different size than at least one other tile of the one or more tiles.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one tile of the one or more tiles includes at least one of a channel logo, program logo, or another image.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein the content corresponds to promoted on-demand content that is supplemental to currently transmitted content.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more tiles include at least one tile that corresponds to an on-demand content selection and at least one other tile that corresponds to a currently transmitted content selection.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein the content is selected from a plurality of contents that is categorized based at least in part on time-based demographics.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a computing device configured to;

generate a user interface comprising one or more tiles, wherein at least one tile of the one or more tiles corresponds to content that is selected for presentation based on a viewer demographic selected from a plurality of viewer demographics, the viewer demographic being selected based at least in part on a time of day; and

cause the generated user interface to be displayed.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more tiles are divided into different groupings of tiles.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one grouping of tiles is individually scrollable.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one grouping of tiles is selected based on one or more business rules.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the one or more business rules control at least one of the content and placement of at least one tile of the one or more tiles.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one tile of the one or more tiles has a different size than at least one other tile of the one or more tiles.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one tile of the one or more tiles includes at least one of a channel logo, program logo, or another image.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the content corresponds to promoted on-demand content that is supplemental to currently transmitted content.

21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more tiles include at least one tile that corresponds to an on-demand content selection and at least one other tile that corresponds to a currently transmitted content selection.

22. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device, a channel assistant user interface comprising an interactive bar, the interactive bar comprising one or more tiles, wherein the one or more tiles are configured to present additional content selections for on-demand content that is supplemental to currently transmitted content, and wherein at least one tile of the one or more tiles is selected for presentation based on a viewer demographic selected from a plurality of viewer demographics, the viewer demographic being selected based at least in part on a time of day; and

causing, by the computing device, the generated user interface to be displayed.