NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDES AND VIDEO

• US 20140150026A1
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Eldon Technology Limited (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Mountain, Dale Llewelyn
• Granted Patent: US 9,497,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• 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

Abstract

A system for remote user navigation of content displayed with a display device, including a screen display, is provided. A user input device may be configured to detect a user movement, including a direction and a speed. The user input device may be configured to communicate information based at least in part on the direction and the speed. The system may include a media device configured to receive communications from the user input device. The media device may be configured to process the information from the user input device and to output content to the display device in accordance with a navigation operation. The navigation operation may include moving displayed content based at least in part on the direction and the speed.

Claims

1. A system for remote user navigation of content displayed with a screen display, the system comprising:

a display device comprising a screen display;

a user input device configured to;

detect a user movement, wherein the user movement comprises a first direction and a first speed; and

communicate information based at least in part on the first direction and the first speed; and

a media device configured to receive communications from the user input device, wherein the media device comprises;

one or more processors; and

memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors, the memory having stored therein processor-readable instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

process the information from the user input device; and

output electronic programming guide (EPG) content to the display device in accordance with a navigation operation, wherein the navigation operation comprises moving displayed EPG content based at least in part on the first direction and the first speed and at a speed selected based upon the first speed and a predetermined finite baseline speed.

2. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein the user input device comprises a touch screen, and wherein the user movement is detected via the touch screen.

3. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein the user input device comprises one or more motion sensors, and wherein the user movement is detected via the one or more motion sensors.

4. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein the navigation operation further comprises scrolling the displayed content at a first scroll speed that is based at least in part on the first speed.

5. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 4, wherein the first scroll speed is proportional to the first speed.

6. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 4, wherein the navigation operation further comprises:

increasing scroll speed up to the first scroll speed; and

decreasing scroll speed down from the first scroll speed.

7. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 4, wherein the navigation operation further comprises:

increasing scroll speed up to the first scroll speed;

decreasing scroll speed down from the first scroll speed to a second scroll speed; and

maintaining the second scroll speed for a time.

8. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 4, wherein the navigation operation further comprises:

increasing scroll speed up to the first scroll speed; and

maintaining the first scroll speed for a time.

9. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display for claim 1, wherein the navigation operation further comprises adjusting a zoom level based at least in part on the first speed.

10. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein the navigation operation further comprises:

scrolling the displayed content at a first scroll speed that is based at least in part on the first speed; and

adjusting a zoom level based at least in part on the first speed.

11. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein the displayed content comprises programming guide information, and the navigation operation further comprises moving the programming guide information in a two-dimensional direction.

12. The system for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 1, wherein:

the navigation operation is a first navigation operation;

the user input device is further configured to;

detect a second user movement; and

communicate second information based at least in part on the second user movement; and

the processor-readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to;

process the second information from the user input device to identify a second navigation operation; and

output content to the display device in accordance with the second navigation operation, wherein the second navigation operation alters the display of content in accordance with the first navigation operation.

13. A method for remote user navigation of content displayed with a screen display, the method comprising:

detecting a user movement that is repeated at a user input device;

determining a first direction and a first speed corresponding to the user movement; and

communicating information based at least in part on the first direction and the first speed to a media device, wherein the media device is remote from the user input device;

processing the information from the user input device; and

outputting electronic programming guide (EPG) content to a display device in accordance with a navigation operation, wherein the navigation operation comprises moving displayed EPG content based at least in part on the first direction and the first speed and at a speed that is proportional to a number of times the user movement is repeated over a particular time period.

14. The method for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 13, wherein the user input device comprises a touch screen, and wherein the user movement is detected via the touch screen.

15. The method for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 13, wherein the user input device comprises one or more motion sensors, and wherein the user movement is detected via the one or more motion sensors.

16. The method for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 13, wherein the navigation operation further comprises scrolling the displayed content at a first scroll speed that is based at least in part on the first speed.

17. The method for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 16, wherein the first scroll speed is proportional to the first speed.

18. The method for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 16, wherein the navigation operation further comprises:

increasing scroll speed up to the first scroll speed; and

decreasing scroll speed down from the first scroll speed.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for remote user navigation of content displayed with a screen display, having sets of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive information from a user input device, wherein;

the information is based at least in part on a first direction and a first speed; and

the first direction and the first speed correspond to a detected finger swipe on a touchscreen of the user input device;

process the information from the user input device; and

output electronic programming guide (EPG) content to a display device in accordance with a navigation operation, wherein the navigation operation comprises moving displayed EPG content based at least in part on the first direction and the first speed, continuously for a time period following discontinued finger contact with the touchscreen that is proportional to an amount of time finger contact is maintained with the touchscreen at an end of the finger swipe.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium for remote user navigation of content displayed with the screen display of claim 19, wherein the navigation operation is a first navigation operation and the instructions further cause the computer to:

receive second information from the user input device, wherein the second information is based at least in part on a second user movement detected at the user input device;

process the second information from the user input device to identify a second navigation operation; and

output content to the display device in accordance with the second navigation operation, wherein the second navigation operation alters the display of content in accordance with the first navigation operation.