Multi-screen video user interface

• US 9,357,250 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Newman, Lucas C., Paulson, Nicholas J., Alsina, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton, Brian T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Saint Cyr, Jean D
• Application Number:
  US14/208,099
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Methods and systems for implementing multi-screen video user interfaces. A handheld device is used to search for content to be displayed on a television. The handheld device presents data according to a first user interface, and while searching for content, any changes to the navigation state of the handheld device are sent to the television. The television receives an update and reformats the data according to a second user interface optimized for displaying the data on the television. The first user interface is native to the handheld device and the second user interface is native to the television. The user of the handheld device is able to utilize a familiar format while searching for content while viewers of the television are able to see the same navigation state as the handheld device but in a familiar format on the television.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a first user interface for display on a first device, the first user interface including one or more portions of content, wherein a second device displays a second user interface, the second user interface including one or more portions of the content;

while displaying the first user interface on the first device, receiving an input on the first device; and

in response to receiving the input on the first device;

in accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to a navigational input, the navigational input associated with an animation;

updating a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the navigational input in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface; and

transmitting the updated navigational state to the second device, wherein the second device updates a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the updated navigational state without displaying the animation in the second user interface.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the input comprises a scrolling input for scrolling the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the scrolling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises not continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the scrolling input.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the input corresponds to an input to select a first item in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises moving a cursor in the first user interface to the first item in the first user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the first item in the first user interface, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises moving the first item in the second user interface to a focus location in the second user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the focus location in the second user interface.

4. The method as recited in claim 1,

wherein:

the input comprises an input to navigate to an end of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the first user interface and displaying an elastic stretching animation in the first user interface indicating that the end of the content has been reached, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the second user interface without displaying the elastic stretching animation in the second user interface.

5. The method as recited in claim 1,

wherein:

the input comprises a scaling input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises scaling the first user interface in accordance with the scaling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing scaling the second user interface.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface include one or more reviews, included in the content, of a content item, and the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface do not include the one or more reviews.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein:

the input corresponds to a selection of a given review of the one or more reviews in the first user interface, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface comprises modifying the second user interface to include at least the given review of the one or more reviews.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the input comprises an orientation adjustment input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises adjusting an orientation of the first user interface in accordance with the orientation adjustment input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing adjusting an orientation of the second user interface.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

generating a first user interface for display on a first device, the first user interface including one or more portions of content, wherein a second device displays a second user interface, the second user interface including one or more portions of the content;

while displaying the first user interface on the first device, receiving an input on the first device; and

in response to receiving the input on the first device;

in accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to a navigational input, the navigational input associated with an animation;

updating a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the navigational input in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface; and

transmitting the updated navigational state to the second device, wherein the second device updates a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the updated navigational state without displaying the animation in the second user interface.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the input comprises a scrolling input for scrolling the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the scrolling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises not continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the scrolling input.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the input corresponds to an input to select a first item in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises moving a cursor in the first user interface to the first item in the first user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the first item in the first user interface, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises moving the first item in the second user interface to a focus location in the second user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the focus location in the second user interface.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the input comprises an input to navigate to an end of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the first user interface and displaying an elastic stretching animation in the first user interface indicating that the end of the content has been reached, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the second user interface without displaying the elastic stretching animation in the second user interface.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the input comprises a scaling input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises scaling the first user interface in accordance with the scaling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing scaling the second user interface.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the input comprises an orientation adjustment input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises adjusting an orientation of the first user interface in accordance with the orientation adjustment input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing adjusting an orientation of the second user interface.

10. A first device comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and include instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising;

generating a first user interface for display on the first device, the first user interface including one or more portions of content, wherein a second device displays a second user interface, the second user interface including one or more portions of the content;

while displaying the first user interface on the first device, receiving an input on the first device; and

in response to receiving the input on the first device;

in accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to a navigational input, the navigational input associated with an animation;

updating a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the navigational input in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface; and

transmitting the updated navigational state to the second device, wherein the second device updates a navigational state in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the updated navigational state without displaying the animation in the second user interface.

16. The first device as recited in claim 10, wherein:

the input comprises a scrolling input for scrolling the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the first user interface in accordance with the scrolling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises not continuously updating a scroll position in the one or more portions of the content in the second user interface in accordance with the scrolling input.

17. The first device as recited in claim 10, wherein:

the input corresponds to an input to select a first item in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises moving a cursor in the first user interface to the first item in the first user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the first item in the first user interface, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises moving the first item in the second user interface to a focus location in the second user interface in accordance with the input without updating a position of the focus location in the second user interface.

18. The first device as recited in claim 10, wherein:

the input comprises an input to navigate to an end of the content in the first user interface and the second user interface,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the first user interface and displaying an elastic stretching animation in the first user interface indicating that the end of the content has been reached, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises navigating to the end of the content in the second user interface without displaying the elastic stretching animation in the second user interface.

19. The first device as recited in claim 10, wherein:

the input comprises a scaling input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises scaling the first user interface in accordance with the scaling input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing scaling the second user interface.

20. The first device as recited in claim 10, wherein:

the input comprises an orientation adjustment input,

updating the navigational state in the first user interface in conjunction with displaying the animation in the first user interface comprises adjusting an orientation of the first user interface in accordance with the orientation adjustment input, and

updating the navigational state in the second user interface without displaying the animation in the second user interface comprises forgoing adjusting an orientation of the second user interface.