Multi-layered television graphical user interface
First Claim
1. A television (TV) system comprising:
- a CPU, anda TV monitor controlled by said CPU for displaying on a TV screen a TV program guide in a first layer of graphics, and at least one graphical object in a second layer of graphics underneath said first layer,wherein the CPU is configured to automatically adjust the size of said TV program guide in accordance with a position of a cursor to expose at least a portion of said graphical object.
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Abstract
A TV graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to produce a multi-layered graphical presentation. The TV GUI operates in a channel changer mode to enable a user to tune to a required TV channel, and in a program guide mode to show TV program information. A memory for storing graphics data is capable of storing two graphics planes that represent upper and lower layers of graphics displayable on a TV screen. A graphics accelerator combines the graphics planes to produce various graphical effects on the screen. In the channel changer mode, the right hand side of the upper layer is made transparent to expose graphical buttons produced in the lower layer of graphics. In the program guide mode, the graphical buttons are partially covered by a program guide produced in the upper layer. When the user moves a cursor to the right hand side of the screen, the right hand portion of the program guide is made transparent to fully expose the graphical buttons in the lower layer.
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19 Claims
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1. A television (TV) system comprising:
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a CPU, and a TV monitor controlled by said CPU for displaying on a TV screen a TV program guide in a first layer of graphics, and at least one graphical object in a second layer of graphics underneath said first layer, wherein the CPU is configured to automatically adjust the size of said TV program guide in accordance with a position of a cursor to expose at least a portion of said graphical object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a television system, a method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising the steps of:
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producing a TV program guide in a first layer of graphics displayed on a TV screen, producing at least one graphical object in a second layer of graphics underneath said first layer, said graphical object being partially covered by said TV program guide, said first layer and said second layer being contemporaneously accessible, and reducing the size of said TV program guide to fully expose said graphical object automatically when a cursor is moved into a predetermined region on the TV screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for displaying a graphical user interface comprising:
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a CPU, and a display controlled by said CPU for displaying a first graphical object in a first layer of graphics, and a second graphical object in a second layer of graphics underneath said first layer, wherein a first predetermined portion of said first graphical object is made transparent in a first mode to expose a predetermined portion of said second graphical object. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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