Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256466 | Authoring interface which distributes composited elements about the display - Techniques are described for providing a display of visual elements representing various media elements on a composite media presentation, wherein the display may be altered such that the visual elements transition from an overlapping arrangement to an arrangement where the overlap is minimized or eliminated. Once in the non-overlapping arrangement, a particular element may be selected or manipulated, for example applying an effect to the underlying media element, and the display returns to the original overlapping arrangement of visual elements, in some embodiments ending with the selected visual element at the top of the overlapping arrangement where before the visual elements may have been partially or completely obstructed from view. | 10-16-2008 |
20080307459 | Modular remote control and user interfaces - Techniques are described to customize the functional capabilities of a remote control device with one or more modular hardware components. In an implementation, a modular hardware component coupled to a remote control device is identified. A user interface is configured according to the identified modular hardware component and/or the functional capabilities of the identified modular hardware component. The configured user interface corresponds to the modular hardware component and is operable via inputs or data provided through user manipulation of the modular hardware component. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313672 | Electronic program guide (EPG) search - Techniques are described to perform electronic program guide (EPG) search. In an implementation, electronic program guide (EPG) data is searched that describes television content and has a plurality of categories. Results of the search are output in an EPG and arranged according to one or more of the categories. | 12-18-2008 |
20090100464 | Content filter - Techniques are described to filter content. In an implementation, channels are filtered according to whether a respective item of content that is currently available via a respective channel complies with one or more criteria. Direct sequential navigation is then provided through a lineup of the filtered channels such that at least one channel having respective content that does not comply with the one or more criteria is not available via the direct sequential navigation. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100466 | Electronic program guide (EPG) referencing past television content - Techniques are described that involve an electronic program guide referencing past television content. In an implementation, a reference to an episode of television content that has already been broadcast is output in an electronic program guide. An event is scheduled that relates to another episode of the television with the reference to the television content that has already been broadcast. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100474 | Remote control based output selection - Remote control based output selection techniques are described in which an output to a display device is selected based on identification of a remote control device that is manipulated by a user. In an implementation, each of a plurality of remote control devices is associated with a respective client device in an audio visual system. When a user manipulates one of the plurality of remote control devices, the manipulated remote control device is detected and a corresponding client device is determined. Then, an output to a display device is set to present audio visual data from the determined client device. In another implementation, when a manipulated remote control device is identified, a user interface for output on the display device is configured according to the identified remote control device and/or the functional capabilities of the identified remote control device. | 04-16-2009 |
20090327856 | ANNOTATION OF MOVIES - A method of annotating a digital clip and setting a duration over which the annotation applies is disclosed. The method provides a graphical user interface (GUI) with a display area for displaying the digital clip. The GUI provides controls for entering notes, including graphical notes, on the clip. The GUI also provides controls for setting the duration for which the annotation applies. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327955 | Selecting Menu Items - A method of performing a function in a graphical user interface is disclosed. The method, in the graphical user interface, displays a menu with a set of selectable menu items. The method detects that a cursor is in place over a particular menu item for a predetermined duration. When the cursor is in place over the particular menu item for the predetermined duration, the method performs a function associated with the menu item. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327963 | RADIAL MENU SELECTION - A method comprising of displaying a GUI object is disclosed. The method displays a first graphical user interface (GUI) object with multiple selectable GUI items. The method detects a movement of a cursor in a direction of a particular selectable GUI item. The method determines an expected location for the stopping of the cursor. The method displays, at the expected location, a second GUI object corresponding to the particular GUI item. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327964 | MOVING RADIAL MENUS - A computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor is disclosed. The computer program is for determining that a first identified location is too close to an edge of a window of a graphical user interface to display a radial display area. The computer program is also for identifying a second location far enough from the edge to fully display the radial display area within the window. The computer program is also for displaying the radial display area at the second location. | 12-31-2009 |
20100074464 | OBJECT DETECTION AND USER SETTINGS - Object detection and user setting techniques are described. In an implementation, an object placed on a surface of the client is detected by the client. A determination is made as to which of a plurality of users correspond to the detected object. One or more user settings are located that correspond to the determined user. | 03-25-2010 |
20100077431 | User Interface having Zoom Functionality - A user interface having zoom functionality is described. In an implementation, a user interface is displayed having representations of a plurality of content. Each of the representations is formed using a respective picture-in-picture stream of respective content. When an input is received to select a particular one of the representations, the respective content is displayed by zooming in from the picture-in-picture stream of the respective content to a respective video stream of the respective content. | 03-25-2010 |
20100149096 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT USING INTERACTION WITH DISPLAY SURFACE - A computing system is provided to make managing the devices and content on a network easier by making the process intuitive, tactile and gestural. The computing system includes a display surface for graphically displaying the devices connected to a network and the content stored on those devices. A sensor is used to recognize activity on the display surface so that gestures may be used to control a device on the network and transport data between devices on the network. Additionally, new devices can be provided access to communicate on the network based on interaction with the display device. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153996 | GESTURE BASED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computing system includes a display surface that displays an electronic program guide. A sensor is used to sense the presence of an object adjacent to the display surface. Based on the data from the sensor about the object adjacent to the display surface interacting with the electronic program guide, the system determines which gesture of a set of possible gestures the object is performing. For example, the system may determine that a hand is sliding across the display surface or rotating an icon on the display surface. The system will perform a function related to the electronic program guide based on the determined gesture. | 06-17-2010 |
20100164745 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVE SURFACES - A remote control unit is disclosed having multiple active surfaces. In general, the side facing upward (with respect to the direction of gravity) will be active and illuminated, and the side facing downward will be inactive and blank. The present system further includes one or more orientation/motion sensors for sensing rotation about three axes and translation along three axes. The sensor detects initial movement of the remote control unit after a dormant period, and senses which side is facing upward relative to gravity so as to allow activation of the upper side. The sensor also detects when the RC unit is turned over or otherwise tilted in any plane relative to horizontal more than a threshold angle. Once turned over or tilted beyond the threshold angle, the previously active side is deactivated and the opposite side is activated. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169842 | Control Function Gestures - Techniques involving control function gestures are described. In an implementation, a control function is identified in response to gesture input at a touch screen of the remote control device. Execution of the identified control function is initiated a client device that is communicatively coupled to the remote control device and that is configured to alter an output of content by the client device that is broadcast to the client device. | 07-01-2010 |
20100180305 | Categorized Electronic Program Guide - Techniques are described to provide a categorized electronic program guide, as well as other user interfaces. In an implementation, each of a plurality of representations of content that is currently available via network for consumption are grouped into a respective one of the plurality of categories. An electronic program guide is output for display such that at least one of the categories, which is not have one or more items categorized of the currently available content, is not available for display in the electronic program guide. | 07-15-2010 |
20100248822 | PERSONALIZATION USING A HAND-PRESSURE SIGNATURE - A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The pressure-sensitive surface contains a plurality of pressure sensors operative to provide an output signal proportional to a pressure applied by the user's hands to the exterior surface of the hand-held device at the area the pressure sensor is located. The device also includes a memory for storing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors and a processor for comparing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors against stored pressure profile signatures for positively identifying the user. | 09-30-2010 |
20120278762 | RADIAL MENU SELECTION - A method comprising of displaying a GUI object is disclosed. The method displays a first graphical user interface (GUI) object with multiple selectable GUI items. The method detects a movement of a cursor in a direction of a particular selectable GUI item. The method determines an expected location for the stopping of the cursor. The method displays, at the expected location, a second GUI object corresponding to the particular GUI item. | 11-01-2012 |
20140365859 | MEDIA INTERFACE TOOLS AND ANIMATIONS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for displaying display primary e-book content, note glyphs and margins in an e-book interface according to the size of the e-book interface; animating “peeking pages” and glyph size during and after re-sizing events; selecting text in an e-book, entering a note that will become linked to the selected text, and representing the presence of the note on top of the primary content of the e-book as an interactive glyph according to some embodiments of the present technology; and displaying note objects, editing note objects, and navigating between note objects in a note-view pane of an e-book interface according to some embodiments of the present technology. | 12-11-2014 |