Application panel manager
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Abstract
An Intelligent TV having a silo manager, a panel manager and a panel controller. The various managers and controllers managing a global panel and an application panel. The global panel includes various types of information and the various types of input and content available. The global panel includes various information including, for example, Live TV information, on demand information, media center information, application information, HDMI 1 information, HDMI 2 information, HDMI 3 information, component 1 information, component 2 information, AV 1 information, AV 2 information, VGA information, as well as an option to hide undetected inputs. The application panel is dynamic and can optionally change based on one or more of context and content of the underlying application being viewed. The application panel can include various subcategories of information, with the number and type of the subcategories also capable of being dynamic based on the underlying context or content.
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60 Claims
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41. A method of managing an application panel on an intelligent television (TV) comprising:
- displaying live TV content on the intelligent TV;
detecting a request to invoke the application panel based on a selection of an application panel button on a remote control associated with the intelligent TV; in response to the request, detecting the displayed content on the intelligent TV; in response to the request, detecting context information, wherein the context information is associated with a position of the application panel, wherein the application panel is associated with a silo, wherein the silo is at least one of a Live TV silo, an on-demand silo, a media center silo, and an applications silo, wherein the context information is associated with what type of content is being displayed; determining an information to display in the application panel based on both of the displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information; and displaying the determined information in the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
- displaying live TV content on the intelligent TV;
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51. A system to manage an application panel on an intelligent television (TV) comprising:
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a hardware processor adapted to detect a request to invoke the application panel; a hardware memory, in communication with the hardware processor, the hardware memory adapted to store a panel controller adapted to detect the displayed content on the intelligent TV, the panel controller further adapted to detect context information, wherein the context information is associated with a position of the application panel, wherein the application panel is associated with a silo, wherein the silo is at least one of a Live TV silo, an on-demand silo, a media center silo, and an applications silo, and wherein the context information is associated with what type of content is being displayed; the hardware memory adapted to store a silo application adapted to determine information to display in the application panel based on both of the displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information; and a display controller adapted to display live TV content and the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV, wherein the application panel includes the determined information. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A system that manages an application panel on an intelligent television (TV) comprising:
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means for displaying live TV content on the intelligent TV; means for detecting a request to invoke the application panel; means for detecting displayed content on the intelligent TV; means for detecting context information; means for determining information to display in the application panel based on both of the displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information wherein the context information is associated with the position of the application panel, wherein the application panel is associated with a silo, wherein the silo is at least one of a Live TV silo, an on-demand silo, a media center silo, and an applications silo, and wherein the context information is associated with what type of content is being displayed; and means for displaying the determined information in the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV.
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