Process for making services in a list in a television system and terminal associated with the process
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1. Process for selecting services in a Digital Video Broadcast system, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving Digital Video Broadcast services;
(b) determining a first list of the Digital Video Broadcast services, the first list being a subset of a second list of Digital Video Broadcast services;
(c) displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services;
(d) receiving a selection from a user of a service present in the second list, this service not being in the first list;
(e) splitting the at least part of the first list, ordered according to the predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services, into an upper and a lower segment at a location at which the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the displayed at least part of the first list; and
(f) displaying the upper and the lower segments of the at least part of the first list and displaying a visual indicator between the upper and the lower segment of the at least part of the first list, indicating where the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the first list, the visual indicator being one of a bar and an arrow and the visual indicator being distinguishable from graphical elements used for separating different services in the first list.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for selecting services in a television system using graphical indications displayed on a screen.
The invention comprises in particular the steps of:
- (a) determining a first list (30) of services, the first list being a subset of a second list;
- (b) displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion;
- (c) selecting a service present in the second list, but not in the first list;
- (d) displaying a visual indicator (39) marking the relative location, according to the predetermined criterion, of the selected service in the first list (30).
The invention also relates to the terminal for the implementation of the process.
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1. Process for selecting services in a Digital Video Broadcast system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving Digital Video Broadcast services; (b) determining a first list of the Digital Video Broadcast services, the first list being a subset of a second list of Digital Video Broadcast services; (c) displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services; (d) receiving a selection from a user of a service present in the second list, this service not being in the first list; (e) splitting the at least part of the first list, ordered according to the predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services, into an upper and a lower segment at a location at which the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the displayed at least part of the first list; and (f) displaying the upper and the lower segments of the at least part of the first list and displaying a visual indicator between the upper and the lower segment of the at least part of the first list, indicating where the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the first list, the visual indicator being one of a bar and an arrow and the visual indicator being distinguishable from graphical elements used for separating different services in the first list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Appliance for the reproduction of audiovisual programs comprising a processor that executes the steps of:
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receiving information about Digital Video Broadcast services associated with the programs available from the appliance; determining a first list of the Digital Video Broadcast services, the first list being a subset of a second list of Digital Video Broadcast services; displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services; receiving a selection from a user of a service present in the second list, this service not being displayed in the first list; splitting the at least part of the first list, ordered according to the predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services, into an upper and a lower segment at a location at which the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the displayed at least part of the first list; and displaying the upper and the lower segments of the at least part of the first list and displaying a visual indicator between the upper and the lower segment of the at least part of the first list, indicating where the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the first list, the visual indicator being one of a bar and an arrow and the visual indicator being distinguishable from graphical elements used for separating different services in the first list.
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15. Process for selecting services in a television system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a first list of services, the first list being a subset of a second list; (b) displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services; (c) receiving a selection from a user of a service present in the second list, this service not being in the first list; (d) splitting the at least part of the first list, ordered according to the predetermined criterion applicable also to the second list of services, into an upper and a lower segment at a location at which the service selected by the user from the second list would have appeared if the service selected by the user from the second list had been included in the displayed at least part of the first list, wherein the splitting between the upper and lower segments is an inserted space; (e) displaying the upper and the lower segments of the at least part of the first list and displaying a visual indicator between the upper and the lower segment of the at least part of the first list, indicating where the service selected by the user would appear within the first list if the service selected by the user is included in the first list, wherein the visual indicator includes at least one of an arrow and a bar, and the visual indicator being distinguishable from graphical elements used for separating different services in the first list.
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