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Favorite GUI for TV

  • US 8,151,215 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2008
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying instructions executable by a processor for:

  • permitting a user of a TV to select favorites;

    causing icons associated with respective favorites to appear on a TV display in a content carousel in response to a user command;

    causing the icons to revolve in the content carousel in response to a user command; and

    causing the TV to present a substantially full screen display of content from a source associated with a focused icon within the content carousel in response to a user command, wherein live video from a video source currently serving as video input to the TV is presented on a favorites viewer screen of the content carousel responsive to a determination that the video source is a radiofrequency (RF) source or a composite source, and responsive to a determination that the video source is a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) source, an icon of the HDMI source is presented on the display of the content carousel.

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