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Interactive graphical user interface for television set-top box

  • US 6,871,323 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2001
  • Issued: 03/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of generating a user interface in a client processing system connectable to a television set, the television set having a display device, the display device having a display area, the method comprising the steps of:

  • displaying a menu window within only a portion of the display device, the menu window including a plurality of icons located adjacent to each other, each of the icons representing a different function selectable by a user;

    in response to receiving a user input selecting one of the icons;

    redisplaying at least one of the icons in the menu window, such that said at least one of the icons appear to be shifted in position, to provide a space adjacent to the selected icon; and

    displaying a description of the function represented by the selected icon in the space, wherein all of the plurality of icons remain visible while the description is displayed.

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