Systems and methods for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views

• US 8,555,315 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Woods, Thomas Steven, Conness, Jason, Bauder, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): CHUNG, JASON
• Application Number:
  US12/571,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262995A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/028 Multiple view windows (top-side-front-sagittal-orthogonal)
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views. A first of a plurality of media guidance objects may be displayed in a first perspective view that appears flat on the screen. A second media guidance object may be displayed in a second perspective view that appears to be going into the screen creating the appearance of a fold between the first and second media guidance application objects at a location where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view. The second media guidance object in the second perspective view may be caused to slide through the fold into the first perspective view. The second media guidance object displayed in the first perspective view may be selected. An action may be performed for a media asset corresponding to the selected media guidance object.

Claims

1. A method for navigating about an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising:

generating for display a first media guidance application object in a first perspective view, wherein the first media guidance application object includes content source information for content represented by media guidance application objects in a second perspective view;

generating for display a second media guidance application object in the second perspective view different from the first perspective view, wherein a first fold appears between the first and second media guidance application objects where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view;

sliding the second media guidance application object through a second fold from the second perspective view into a third perspective view, wherein while the second media guidance application object is sliding through the second fold, clarity of the second media guidance application object is maintained while sliding, and wherein the first media guidance application object in the first perspective view remains stationary while the second media guidance application object is sliding; and

selecting the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second perspective view is adapted to display only one media guidance application object at a time.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating for display the third media guidance application object in the third perspective view different from the first and second perspective views.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein:

the combination of the first, second, and third media guidance application objects displayed in the first, second and third perspective views appear as a continuous array of media guidance application objects;

the array appears to have the first fold at the first point of adjacency between the first and second media guidance application objects, wherein the first point corresponds to a first location between the first media guidance application object that is displayed in the first perspective view and the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the second perspective view; and

the array appears to have a second fold at the second point of adjacency between the second and third media guidance application objects, wherein the second point corresponds to a second location between the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the second perspective view and the third media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein:

the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the second perspective view is adjacent to a first side opposite a second side of the first media guidance application object; and

the third media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view is adjacent to the second side of the second media guidance application object.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein each of the second and third media guidance application objects corresponds to a website, a live video feed, a recorded video feed playback, a user profile, a previously recorded media asset, a media asset recommendation, an email message, a notification, a reminder, a scheduled recording, a favorite channel, a photograph, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, a service provider message, a new media asset release, a category, a media asset in an online video vendor queue, a media asset in a playlist of media assets, or a home video.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein:

the second media guidance application object displayed in the first second perspective view corresponds to a plurality of program listings broadcast during a first time interval; and

the third media guidance application object displayed in the third perspective view corresponds to a plurality of program listings broadcast during a second time interval that is adjacent in time to the first time interval.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating for display a plurality of media guidance application objects in the second perspective view, wherein each of the displayed plurality of media guidance application objects in the second perspective view is displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to the second media guidance application object, and wherein the first media guidance application object is displayed adjacent to the second media guidance application object.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating for display, in the first perspective view a first source identifier of a first source of programs.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first source of programs is a television channel, an Internet website, a computer on a network, a server on a network, cable service provider, satellite service provider, antenna source, or a remote device.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein:

the first source identifier and a second source identifierare displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to a first portion of the first media guidance application object and a second portion of the second media guidance application object, respectively.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein a first portion of the displayed media guidance application objects correspond to a first plurality of pictures that are associated with a first album, further comprising:

displaying, in a third perspective view different from the first and second perspective views, a first album identifier of the first album.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein a second portion of the displayed media guidance application objects corresponds to a second plurality of pictures that are associated with a second album, further comprising:

displaying, in the third perspective view, a second album identifier of the second album, wherein the first and second album identifiers displayed in the third perspective view remain stationary as the second media guidance application object slides into the first perspective view.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the first and second portions of the first and second media guidance application objects are displayed adjacent to each other; and

the first and second album identifiers are displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to the first and second portions of the first and second media guidance application objects respectively.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the first album identifier is an album title.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second media guidance application objects displayed in the first and second perspective views are displayed with a perceived partial transparency such that a media asset is viewable through the first and second media guidance application objects.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein a portion of the media guidance application objects and a portion of the media asset are simultaneously displayed on top of each other in a same region of a screen.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a menu of items adjacent to a plurality of media guidance application objects, wherein the items of the menu are displayed in perspective relative to each other.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein one of the items of the menu appears smaller than another one of the items of the menu.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the plurality of media guidance application objects correspond to one of the items of the menu that is in focus, and wherein the plurality of media guidance application objects change as different items of the menu are brought into focus.

21. A system for navigating about an interactive media guidance application, the system comprising:

a display screen; and

processing circuitry configured to;

generate for display on the display screen a first media guidance application object in a first perspective view, wherein the first media guidance application object includes content source information for content represented by media guidance application objects in a second perspective view;

generate for display on the display screen the second media guidance application object in a second perspective view different from the first perspective view, wherein a first fold appears between the first and second media guidance application objects where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view;

slide the second media guidance application object through a second fold from the second perspective view into a third perspective view, wherein while the second media guidance application object is slid through the second fold, clarity of the second media guidance application object is maintained while sliding, and wherein the first media guidance application object in the first perspective view remains stationary while the second media guidance application object is sliding; and

select the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the first third perspective view.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the second perspective view is adapted to display only one media guidance application object at a time.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate for display on the display screen the third media guidance application object in the third perspective view different from the first and second perspective views.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein:

the combination of the first, second, and third media guidance application objects displayed in the first, second and third perspective views appear as a continuous array of media guidance application objects;

the array appears to have the first fold at a first point of adjacency between the first and second media guidance application objects, wherein the first point corresponds to a first location between the first media guidance application object that is displayed in the first perspective view and the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the second perspective view; and

the array appears to have the second fold at a second point of adjacency between the second and third media guidance application objects, wherein the second point corresponds to a second location between the first media guidance application object that is displayed in the first perspective view and the third media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view.

25. The system of claim 23 wherein:

the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the second perspective view is adjacent to a first side opposite a second side of the first media guidance application object; and

the third media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view is adjacent to the second side of the second media guidance application object.

26. The system of claim 23 wherein each of the second and third media guidance application objects corresponds to a website, a live video feed, a recorded video feed playback, a user profile, a previously recorded media asset, a media asset recommendation, an email message, a notification, a reminder, a scheduled recording, a favorite channel, a photograph, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, a service provider message, a new media asset release, a category, a media asset in an online video vendor queue, a media asset in a playlist of media assets, or a home video.

27. The system of claim 23 wherein:

the second media guidance application object displayed in the second perspective view corresponds to a plurality of program listings broadcast during a first time interval; and

the third media guidance application object displayed in the third perspective view corresponds to a plurality of program listings broadcast during a second time interval that is adjacent in time to the first time interval.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate for display on the display screen a plurality of media guidance application objects in the second perspective view, wherein each of the displayed plurality of media guidance application objects in the second perspective view are displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to the second media guidance application object, and wherein the first media guidance application object is displayed adjacent to the second media guidance application object.

29. The system of claim 21 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate for display on the display screen, in the first perspective view a first source identifier of a first source of programs.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the first source of programs is a television channel, an Internet website, a computer on a network, a server on a network, cable service provider, satellite service provider, antenna source, or a remote device.

31. The system of claim 29 wherein:

the first source identifier and a second source identifier are displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to a first portion of the first media guidance application object and a second portion of the second media guidance application object, respectively.

32. The system of claim 21 wherein a first portion of the displayed media guidance application objects correspond to a first plurality of pictures that are associated with a first album, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

display on the display screen, in a third perspective view different from the first and second perspective views, a first album identifier of the first album.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein a second portion of the displayed media guidance application objects corresponds to a second plurality of pictures that are associated with a second album, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

display on the display screen, in the third perspective view, a second album identifier of the second album, wherein the first and second album identifiers displayed in the third perspective view remain stationary as the second media guidance application object slides into the first perspective view.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein:

the first and second portions of the first and second media guidance application objects are displayed adjacent to each other; and

the first and second album identifiers are displayed adjacent to each other and adjacent to the first and second portions of the first and second media guidance application objects respectively.

35. The system of claim 32 wherein the first album identifier is an album title.

36. The system of claim 21 wherein the first and second media guidance application objects displayed in the first and second perspective views are displayed with a perceived partial transparency such that a media asset is viewable through the first and second media guidance application objects.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein a portion of the media guidance application objects and a portion of the media asset are simultaneously displayed on top of each other in a same region of a screen.

38. The system of claim 21 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display on the display screen a menu of items adjacent to a plurality of media guidance application objects, wherein the items of the menu are displayed in perspective relative to each other.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein one of the items of the menu appears smaller than another one of the items of the menu.

40. The system of claim 38 wherein the plurality of media guidance application objects correspond to one of the items of the menu that is in focus, and wherein the plurality of media guidance application objects change as different items of the menu are brought into focus.