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Systems and methods for providing user interfaces in an intelligent television

  • US 9,904,370 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2015
  • Issued: 02/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing user interaction in an intelligent television, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor of the intelligent television, a first selection associated with content in the intelligent television;

    in response to the first selection, presenting a first user interface associated with the first selection, wherein the first user interface is associated with a first series of two or more user interfaces, arranged in a hierarchy, that navigate through information about the content, and wherein the first user interface is on a first level of the hierarchy;

    receiving, by the processor of the intelligent television, a second selection associated with content in the intelligent television;

    in response to the second selection, presenting a second user interface associated with the second selection, wherein the second user interface is also associated with the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces that navigate through information about the content, and wherein the second user interface is on a second level of the hierarchy and is a child to the first user interface;

    receiving, by the processor of the intelligent television, a third selection associated with content in the intelligent television;

    in response to the third selection, presenting a third user interface associated with the third selection, and wherein the third user interface is also associated with the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces that navigate through information about the content, and wherein the third user interface is on a third level of the hierarchy and is a child to the second user interface;

    receiving, by the processor of the intelligent television, a fourth selection associated with content in the intelligent television;

    in response to the fourth selection, presenting a fourth user interface associated with the fourth selection, wherein the fourth user interface is also associated with the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces that navigate through information about the content, and wherein the fourth user interface is on a fourth level of the hierarchy and is a child to the third user interface;

    receiving a first back selection, on a back button of a device in wireless communication with the intelligent television, to reverse a navigation through the information about the content;

    in response to receiving the first back selection, presenting the third user interface;

    receiving a second back selection, on the back button, to continue the reverse navigation through the information about the content;

    in response to receiving the second back selection, presenting a fifth user interface, wherein the fifth user interface is in a second series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces that navigate through information about the content but not in the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces, and wherein the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces is different from the second series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces, and wherein navigation back through the second series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces presents at least one different user interface from the navigation through the first series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces, wherein the fifth user interface is a child of the first user interface;

    receiving at least a third back selection, on the back button, to continue the navigation through the second series of two or more hierarchically arranged user interfaces; and

    in response to receiving at least the third back selection, presenting the first user interface.

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