Customizable graphical elements for use in association with a user interface
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1. An apparatus for use in a broadcast media presentation system, comprising:
- a user interface to enable a user interaction with the broadcast media presentation system;
a memory to store a user profile including one or more settings for a customizable graphical element to be presented in connection with the user interface when the user interacts with the user interface, wherein a feature of the customizable graphical element is locked as unavailable to the user when an amount of programming viewing performed on the broadcast media presentation system by the user associated with the customizable graphical element is below a threshold; and
a communication interface to enable the apparatus to receive data regarding the one or more settings of the user profile from a web server hosting a web site on which the user is to input information to configure the one or more settings.
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Abstract
Customizable graphical elements for use in association with a user interface are described. An example apparatus for use in a broadcast media presentation system includes a user interface to enable a user interaction with the broadcast media presentation system, and a controller to implement one or more customizable graphical elements to be displayed in association with the user interface, wherein the one or more customizable graphical elements are to be animated to interact with the user interface.
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1. An apparatus for use in a broadcast media presentation system, comprising:
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a user interface to enable a user interaction with the broadcast media presentation system; a memory to store a user profile including one or more settings for a customizable graphical element to be presented in connection with the user interface when the user interacts with the user interface, wherein a feature of the customizable graphical element is locked as unavailable to the user when an amount of programming viewing performed on the broadcast media presentation system by the user associated with the customizable graphical element is below a threshold; and a communication interface to enable the apparatus to receive data regarding the one or more settings of the user profile from a web server hosting a web site on which the user is to input information to configure the one or more settings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for use in a broadcast media presentation system, comprising:
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implementing a user interface to enable a user interaction with the broadcast media presentation system; storing, on a memory of an apparatus, a user profile including one or more settings for a customizable graphical element to be presented in connection with the user interface when the user interacts with the user interface; locking a feature of the customizable graphical element as unavailable to the user when an amount of programming viewing performed on the broadcast media presentation system by the user is below a threshold; and enabling the apparatus to receive data regarding the one or more settings of the user profile from a web server hosting a web site on which the user is to input information to configure the one or more settings. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A media presentation system, comprising:
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a receiver comprising an avatar controller to manage an operation of an avatar, wherein the avatar comprises a customization of one or more elements of a user interface, the avatar controller to use a profile module to store a set of avatar settings configured by a user, the avatar controller to lock a feature of the customizable graphical element as unavailable to the user when an amount of programming viewing performed on the broadcast media presentation system by the user is below a threshold; and a processor, in communication with the receiver, including a configuration interface to enable the user to configure the set of avatar settings and to convey the user configuration for the avatar settings to the receiver for storage in the profile module.
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