Method and apparatus for providing a user interface
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user interface for providing an information unit relating to a program, including a title and/or genre/synopsis of the program and at least one word or symbol, the method comprising:
- determining whether to recommend/record the program, using a personalized profile having at least one keyword associated with a rating;
comparing the word or symbol in the information unit with the at least one keyword in the personalized profile;
while displaying the information unit relating to the program, accentuating, in the displayed information unit a word or symbol matching a keyword in the personalized profile, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated with the keyword in the personalized profile; and
changing the accentuation of a word or symbol displayed in the information unit by user operable input means.
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Abstract
When the user views the information available on a program (in a Personal Video Recorder), the keywords that determine whether a program will be recorded are accentuated. This can be done by using the size of the text or by using colors or any other kind of varying accentuation i.e. encircled or blinking text. This makes it easy for the user to identify the keywords used in their personalized profile. Additionally the user can navigate between keywords and change the accentuation of the keywords, to indicate a rating (in multiple levels) of the keyword.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for providing a user interface for providing an information unit relating to a program, including a title and/or genre/synopsis of the program and at least one word or symbol, the method comprising:
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determining whether to recommend/record the program, using a personalized profile having at least one keyword associated with a rating; comparing the word or symbol in the information unit with the at least one keyword in the personalized profile; while displaying the information unit relating to the program, accentuating, in the displayed information unit a word or symbol matching a keyword in the personalized profile, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated with the keyword in the personalized profile; and changing the accentuation of a word or symbol displayed in the information unit by user operable input means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A tangible medium carrying a computer program to be executed on a computing device for providing a user interface for providing an information unit relating to a program, including a title and/or genre/synopsis of the program and at least one word or symbol, said medium comprising:
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code determining whether to recommend/record the program, using a personalized profile having at least one keyword associated with a rating; code for comparing the word or symbol in the information unit with the at least one keyword in the personalized profile; code for, while displaying the information unit relating to the program, accentuating, in the displayed information unit a word or symbol matching a keyword in the personalized profile, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated with the keyword in the personalized profiled; and code for changing the accentuation of a word or symbol displayed in the information unit by user operable input means.
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a user interface including a user input and an information displaying unit for displaying text relating to a program, said text including a title and/or genre/synopsis of the program and at least one word or symbol; a means determining whether to recommend/record the program, using a personalized profile having at least one keyword associated with a rating; a means for comparing the word or symbol in the information unit with the at least one keyword in the personalized profile; and a means for accentuating, in the displayed text in the information display unit, each word or symbol matching one or more of the at least one keywords highlighting and displaying each associated accentuated word or symbol displaying on the information display unit, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated with the keyword in the personalized profile; and wherein the user interface enables a user to chance the accentuation of a word or symbol displayed in the information unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a display for displaying an information unit having text relating to a program, said text including a title and/or genre/synopsis of the program and at least one word or symbol; a user profile, the user profile including a plurality of keywords, each keyword having a rating indicative of a level of importance to a user; a user input device; a processor programmed to perform the steps of; comparing the keywords in the user profile to a plurality of words in an information unit relating to the program, causing the display to display the information unit with the keywords accentuated wherein, each word or symbol matching one or more of the at least one keywords highlighting and displaying each associated accentuated word or symbol displaying on the display, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated with the keyword in the user profile; and wherein the user input device enables a user to change the accentuation of a word or symbol displayed in the information unit. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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