INTERACTIVE CONTEXTUAL PANELS FOR NAVIGATING A CONTENT STREAM

• US 20150128046A1
• Filed: 07/05/2014
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cormican, Neil, Dan, Ronnie, Patitucci, Patricia, Walker, James, Rogers, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,397,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/720
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 : of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 : for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 : on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 : for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 : for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 : receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

Displaying a graphical user interface on a second-screen device. The graphical user interface can include a partial video stream displayed in a video display area on a touchscreen of the second-screen device and a contextual panel in an active display area on the touchscreen. The contextual panel can include content associated with the partial video stream. The displayed partial video stream can be associated with a video stream displayed by a primary display with the two displayed video streams being associated with the same content and substantially synchronized.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a graphical user interface on a second-screen device comprising:

displaying, by the application, a partial video stream in a video display area on a touchscreen of the second-screen device; and

displaying, by the application, a contextual panel in an active display area on the touchscreen, the contextual panel including content associated with the partial video stream, with the displayed partial video stream being associated with a video stream being displayed by a primary display with the two displayed video streams being associated with the same content and substantially synchronized.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the contextual panel includes messages associated with a social media feed with the displayed messages corresponding to a selected time frame associated with the video stream being displayed on the touchscreen.

3. The method of claim 2 displaying the partial video stream further comprises providing an indication of a time frame of the displayed partial video stream on an ongoing basis.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein each time frame is generated based on a rate of number of messages per time period exceeding a threshold on an ongoing basis.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the threshold is a predetermined threshold.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the rate is number of messages per minute.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the indication comprises color coding each of the displayed time frames displayed in the video display area.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising sending, by the application, a color coded time bar to the primary display for display, the color coded time bar having color coded time frames corresponding to the color coded time frames displayed on the touchscreen.

9. The method of claim 3 further comprising displaying, by the application, a mini trends panel comprising one or more trend frames with each trend frame corresponding to each displayed time frame and containing at least one common trend for the trend frame.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving, by the application, a selection command selecting a displayed trend frame; and

displaying, by the application, the messages corresponding to the selected trend frame in the contextual panel in response to the selection command.

11. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving, by the application, a synchronization command; and

sending, by the application, the most recent received message to the primary display for display in response to the synchronization command.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the social media application is Twitter.

13. The method of claim 2 further comprising identifying relevant messages and wherein the messaged displayed in the contextual panel are the identified relevant messages.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the contextual panel includes at least one time frame, with each time frame including information associated with a product for sale, with each time frame being associated with the video stream displayed on the touchscreen.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving, by the application, a selection of a displayed time frame; and

displaying, by the application, information associated with the product associated with the selected displayed time frame in the active display area in response to the selection of the displayed time frame.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the displayed information includes a prompt to navigate a 360 degree view of the associated product and in response to the prompt being selected:

displaying in the video display area, by the application, an image of associated product and an interactive component configured to navigate a viewing of the associated product; and

controlling the display of the associated product being displayed on the primary display in response to receiving gestures associated with the displayed interactive component.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the displayed information includes a prompt to watch the video stream associated with the product in response to the prompt being selected:

displaying in the video display area, by the application, the video stream of the product associated with the selected time frame; and

controlling the display of the associated product being displayed on the primary display.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving, by the application, a navigation to scroll the display of the time frames; and

scrolling, by the application, the display of the time frames and information associated with products for each displayed time frame with the scrolling display corresponding to the received navigation command.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving, by the application, a navigation command to display the time frames on the primary device;

displaying, by the application, the active display area full screen on the touchscreen in response to the received navigation command; and

causing images associated with the time frames displayed on the touchscreen to be displayed on the primary display.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the navigation command to display the time frames on the primary device comprises touch data corresponding to a gesture starting on a displayed image in the active display area and continuing upwards into the video display area.