Method and apparatus for controlling video content on a display

• US 9,846,532 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2015
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SeeSpace Ltd.
• Original Assignee: SeeSpace Ltd.
• Inventors: Herigstad, Dale Alan, Do, Nam Hoai, Dang, Nhan Minh, Tran, Hieu Trung, Dinh, Quang Sy, Nguyen, Thang Viet, Nguyen, Long Hai, Nguyen, Linh Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Toan
• Application Number:
  US14/704,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20150309687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 959 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

A controller for controlling a display device that displays secondary digital content displayed in an overlay above a primary video stream. The controller includes a touch interface device, a processor, and a memory storing non-transitory instructions. These instructions, when executed, can include (i) detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch interface device, (ii) in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display on the display screen, (iii) detecting a second input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, (iv) in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed on the display screen, (v) detecting a third input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, and (vi) in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space.

Claims

1. A controller for controlling a display device that displays secondary digital content displayed in an overlay above a primary video stream, the controller including a touch interface device, a processor, and a memory storing non-transitory instructions for controlling the processor to perform operations during execution, wherein the operations comprise:

displaying a user interface for control of the secondary digital content in the overlay above the primary video stream on the display device, wherein the user interface includes only a line from top to bottom separating the user interface into a left side and a right side, wherein the user interface includes no custom buttons or keys;

detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch screen display from the left side to the right side;

in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display on a display screen from a set of two or more applications displayed on the display screen, wherein the two or more applications are secondary digital content displayed in the overlay above the primary video stream on the display screen;

detecting a second input gesture by the user on the right side of the user interface on the touch interface device;

in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed on the display screen, wherein scrolling through the currently-displayed layer takes place in an X-Y plane on the display screen;

detecting a third input gesture by the user on the left side of the user interface on the touch interface device; and

in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space on the display device.

2. The controller of claim 1, wherein the touch interface device is a touch screen display.

3. The controller of claim 2, wherein the touch screen display is on a smartphone.

4. The controller of claim 3, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause:

detecting an initial input gesture by the user on the touch screen display; and

in response to detecting the initial input gesture, displaying the set of two or more applications displayed on the display screen.

5. The controller of claim 1, wherein the touch interface device is a touchpad.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a processor cause:

displaying a user interface for control of secondary digital content in an overlay above a primary video stream on a display device, wherein the user interface includes only a line from top to bottom separating the user interface into a left side and a right side, wherein the user interface includes no custom buttons or keys;

detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch screen display from the left side to the right side;

in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display on a display screen from a set of two or more applications displayed on the display screen, wherein the two or more applications are secondary digital content displayed in the overlay above the primary video stream on the display screen;

detecting a second input gesture by the user on the right side of the user interface on the touch interface device;

in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed on the display screen, wherein scrolling takes place in an X-Y plane on the display screen;

detecting a third input gesture by the user on the left side of the user interface on the touch interface device; and

in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space on the display device.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the touch interface device is a touch screen display.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the touch screen display is on a smartphone.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause:

detecting an initial input gesture by the user on the touch interface device; and

in response to detecting the initial input gesture, displaying the set of two or more applications displayed on the display screen.

10. A controller for controlling a display device, comprising:

(a) a touch screen display;

(b) a processor; and

(c) a computer readable medium storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform operations during execution performed by the processor, wherein the operations comprise;

displaying a user interface for control of secondary digital content in an overlay above a primary video stream on a display device, wherein the user interface includes only a line from top to bottom separating the user interface into a left side and a right side, wherein the user interface includes no custom buttons or keys;

detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch screen display from the left side to the right side;

in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display on a display screen from a set of two or more applications displayed on the display screen, wherein the two or more applications are secondary digital content displayed in the overlay above the primary video stream on the display screen;

detecting a second input gesture by the user on the right side of the user interface on the touch interface device;

in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed on the display screen, wherein scrolling through the currently-displayed layer takes place in an X-Y plane on the display screen;

detecting a third input gesture by the user on the left side of the user interface on the touch interface device; and

in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space on the display device.

11. The controller of claim 10, wherein the second input gesture is a gesture in the vertical direction.

12. The controller of claim 10, wherein the third input gesture is a gesture in the vertical direction.