User friendly remote system interface with menu scrolling
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a computer;
an input device coupled to the computer which receives input from a user; and
a display device coupled to the computer, wherein the display device can be operated in one of a plurality of screen resolutions;
wherein the computer controls the display device to generate menus of a particular physical size relative to the display device screen size in accordance with a sizing factor input from the user, such that a user can control the size of the menus independently of resolution changes caused by changing to a different screen resolution.
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Abstract
A system, method, and medium for enhancing a GUI and viewing environment for a computer user is disclosed. Enabling a user to fully navigate and operate a computer through the use of a remote control device, the present invention includes at least a PC mode of operation and a theater mode of operation, wherein the theater mode is designed for distance use with the remote device. While operating in theater mode, received function key signals are interpreted by the computer system to operate various functions which have been modified to accommodate remote viewing and control. To enable the remote device to fully control the applications executable on the computer, the disclosed process notifies the various applications of the current operating mode.
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28 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a computer;
an input device coupled to the computer which receives input from a user; and
a display device coupled to the computer, wherein the display device can be operated in one of a plurality of screen resolutions;
wherein the computer controls the display device to generate menus of a particular physical size relative to the display device screen size in accordance with a sizing factor input from the user, such that a user can control the size of the menus independently of resolution changes caused by changing to a different screen resolution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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3. A method comprising:
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operating a display device coupled to a computer in one of a plurality of screen resolutions;
receiving at a computer input from a user via an input device;
controlling said display device to generate menus of a particular physical size relative to the display device screen size by determining a ratio of screen size to menu size in accordance with input from the user, such that a user can control the size of the menus independently of resolution changes caused by changing to a different screen resolution. - View Dependent Claims (4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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5. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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operating a display device coupled to a computer in one of a plurality of screen resolutions;
receiving at a computer input from a user via an input device;
controlling said display device to generate menus of a particular physical size relative to the display device screen size accordance with a sizing factor input from the user, such that a user can control the size of the menus independently of resolution changes caused by changing to a different screen resolution. - View Dependent Claims (6, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
multiplying the sizing factor entered by the user with a current screen resolution to determine the size of the menu.
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22. The computer-readable medium of claim 5 having further computer-executable instructions for calculating a resolution factor, said resolution factor being a ratio of an aspect of a current display resolution to a corresponding aspect of a predefined resolution of a menu to be displayed.
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23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein the aspect of a current display resolution is a horizontal resolution and corresponds to a horizontal resolution of the predefined resolution of the menu to be displayed.
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24. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein the aspect of a current display resolution is a vertical resolution and corresponds to a vertical resolution of the predefined resolution of the menu to be displayed.
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25. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein the aspect of a current display resolution is a combination of horizontal and vertical resolutions and corresponds to horizontal and vertical resolutions of the predefined resolution of the menu to be displayed.
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26. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 having further computer-executable code for multiplying the resolution ratio by the sizing factor.
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27. The computer-readable medium of claim 26 wherein the sizing factor is in the range of 0.0 to 1.0.
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28. The computer-readable medium of claim 27 wherein the sizing factor is in the range of 0.5 to 1.0.
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