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Graphical interface navigation based on image element proximity

  • US 9,100,614 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2009
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating navigation of a graphical user interface, the method comprising:

  • generating a palette menu associated with the graphical user interface for presentation to a user, wherein the palette menu comprises button elements, and wherein each of the button elements resides within a boundary such that the plurality of button boundaries encompass substantially the entirety of the menu palette, and wherein the button elements collectively occupy less than an entirety of the palette menu, and wherein at least one of the button elements resides within a boundary of the plurality of boundaries, the boundary describing an area associated with the one of the button elements that is larger than the one of the button elements;

    receiving an input from a remote control, from the user, wherein the input indicates a location on the palette menu and traverses a path within the palette menu, and wherein the location does not coincide with the one of the button elements, and for each of the button elementsassigning a weight to the size of the one of the button elements, a direction described by the path relative to the button element, and a speed described by the path to form a weighted combination; and

    selecting the one of the button elements based on the weighted combination for that button and on the received input from the user, wherein if the selection of the one of the button elements results in the deletion of television programs, decreasing a ranking of the weighted combination of the one of the button elements.

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