On screen method and system for changing television channels
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, wirelessly by at least one of an infrared and radio frequency module of a television and from a remote control, a request to change a programming channel;
displaying, by a microprocessor executable application framework and on a television screen, an on screen channel changer, the displayed on screen channel changer comprising electronic program guide (“
EPG”
) information and a number input bar comprising digits, wherein the digits range from 0 to 9;
receiving, by the application framework and from the remote control, a channel selection based on digits selected by a user using the remote control and the number input bar of the on screen channel changer, wherein the user selects the digits using non-numeric keys of the remote control; and
changing, by the application framework, to the selected channel, wherein the remote control comprises;
a media center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding one or more of groupings of music, groupings of videos, groupings of photographs, and internal and external computational devices, the computational devices comprising one or more of personal computers, laptops, tablet computers, wireless phones, and removable computer readable media;
an application center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding pre-installed and downloaded software applications, wherein the downloaded software applications comprise one or more of a web browser, settings control, and content search algorithms;
an application panel button that, when selected, displays, by the television screen, an application panel, wherein the application panel comprises an information panel regarding a selected (pre-installed or previously downloaded) application icon; and
a global panel button that, when selected, provides the user, via one or more panels or windows displayed by the television screen, with access to one or more of silos, notifications, a web browser system settings, and information associated therewith.
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Abstract
A method, system, and executable instructions are provided that receive a request to change a programming channel, display, on the television screen, an on screen channel changer, the on screen channel changer comprising electronic program guide (“EPG”) information and a number input bar comprising digits, receive, from the remote control, a channel selection based on digits using the on screen channel changer, and change to the selected channel.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, wirelessly by at least one of an infrared and radio frequency module of a television and from a remote control, a request to change a programming channel; displaying, by a microprocessor executable application framework and on a television screen, an on screen channel changer, the displayed on screen channel changer comprising electronic program guide (“
EPG”
) information and a number input bar comprising digits, wherein the digits range from 0 to 9;receiving, by the application framework and from the remote control, a channel selection based on digits selected by a user using the remote control and the number input bar of the on screen channel changer, wherein the user selects the digits using non-numeric keys of the remote control; and changing, by the application framework, to the selected channel, wherein the remote control comprises; a media center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding one or more of groupings of music, groupings of videos, groupings of photographs, and internal and external computational devices, the computational devices comprising one or more of personal computers, laptops, tablet computers, wireless phones, and removable computer readable media; an application center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding pre-installed and downloaded software applications, wherein the downloaded software applications comprise one or more of a web browser, settings control, and content search algorithms; an application panel button that, when selected, displays, by the television screen, an application panel, wherein the application panel comprises an information panel regarding a selected (pre-installed or previously downloaded) application icon; and a global panel button that, when selected, provides the user, via one or more panels or windows displayed by the television screen, with access to one or more of silos, notifications, a web browser system settings, and information associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A television, comprising:
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a television screen; at least one of an infrared and radio frequency module configured to receive wirelessly requests from a remote control of a user, the requests comprising a selected channel or program from a displayed listing; and a microprocessor executable application framework configured to; receive a request to change a programming channel, display, on the television screen, an on screen channel changer, the on screen channel changer comprising electronic program guide (“
EPG”
) information and a number input bar comprising digits, wherein the digits range from 0 to 9,receive, from the remote control and using the on screen channel changer, a channel selection of a user based on digits in the number input bar, wherein the user selects the digits from the number input bar using non-numeric keys on the remote control, and change to the selected channel, wherein the remote control comprises; a media center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding one or more of groupings of music, groupings of videos, groupings of photographs, internal computational devices, and external computational devices, the computational devices comprising one or more of personal computers, laptops, tablet computers, wireless phones, and removable computer readable media; an application center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding pre-installed and downloaded software applications, wherein the downloaded software applications comprise one or more of a web browser, settings control, and content search algorithms; an application panel button that, when selected, displays, by the television screen, an application panel, wherein the application panel comprises an information panel regarding a selected application icon; and a global panel button that, when selected, provides the user, via one or more panels or windows displayed by the television screen, with access to one or more of silos, notifications, a web browser, system settings, and information associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A tangible and non-transient computer readable medium, comprising microprocessor executable instructions that, when executed, are configured to perform operations comprising:
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instructions to receive, from a remote control of a user, a request to change a programming channel; instructions to display, on a television screen, an on screen channel changer, the displayed on screen channel changer comprising electronic program guide (“
EPG”
) information and a number input bar comprising digits, wherein the digits range from 0 to 9;instructions to receive, from the remote control, a channel selection based on digits selected by a user using the remote control and the number input bar of the on screen channel changer, wherein the user selects the digits using non-numeric keys of the remote control; and instructions to change to the selected channel, wherein the remote control comprises; a media center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding one or more of groupings of music, groupings of videos, groupings of photographs, internal computational devices, and external computational devices, the computational devices comprising one or more of personal computers, laptops, tablet computers, wireless phones, and removable computer readable media; an application center button that, when selected, provides, by the television screen, displayed information regarding pre-installed and downloaded software applications; an application panel button that, when selected, displays, by the television screen, an application panel; and a global panel button that, when selected, provides the user, via one or more panels or windows displayed by the television screen, with access to one or more of silos, notifications, a web browser, system settings, and information associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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