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Contextual navigational control for digital television

  • US 10,848,830 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2018
  • Issued: 11/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • one or more processors; and

    memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

    receive, while content is being displayed, a user request to display a guide;

    determine, based on the content displayed when the user request was received, a first content category and a second content category, the second content category being a sub-category of the first content category;

    generate a menu comprising a plurality of levels arranged from general to specific and wherein a first level of the plurality of levels comprises the first content category and a second level of the plurality of levels comprises the second content category; and

    output, for display and overlaid on the content, the menu.

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