Interactive user interface for television applications
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-003/00
G06F-013/00
H04N-005/445
H04N-021/81
H04N-021/4788
H04N-021/482
H04N-021/472
H04N-021/4786
H04N-021/443
H04N-021/8543
H04N-005/45
H04N-021/478
출원번호
US-0751441
(2013-01-28)
등록번호
US-8850480
(2014-09-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Chane, Lena D.
Marenghi, Matt
Ahmad-Taylor, Ty
Chung, Alex
Hegde, Prakash
Moreau, Samuel
Haber, Darrel
출원인 / 주소
TVWorks, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
인용정보
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2인용 특허 :
115
초록▼
An iTV user interface includes a navigable menu area through which a user can select from among a variety of services and a content display area in which formatted data associated with a selected menu service are displayed to the user. The formatted data is displayed in a rotating or ticker fashion
An iTV user interface includes a navigable menu area through which a user can select from among a variety of services and a content display area in which formatted data associated with a selected menu service are displayed to the user. The formatted data is displayed in a rotating or ticker fashion having both a passive mode, in which the formatted data is displayed in a sequence independent of any selection operations by a television viewer, and active mode, in which the formatted data is displayed in a sequence that depends on selection operations by the television viewer. Advertisements and/or promotions may be interspersed among the content items. The navigable menu area and the content display area may be displayed to the viewer at the same time as television programming is displayed on the television.
대표청구항▼
1. A system, comprising: a first server configured to harvest content data from multiple data sources according to content collection rules, the content collection rules identifying content data eligible for display in a user interface, identifying placement criteria for display of the content data,
1. A system, comprising: a first server configured to harvest content data from multiple data sources according to content collection rules, the content collection rules identifying content data eligible for display in a user interface, identifying placement criteria for display of the content data, and are comprised in a file that identifies locations from which to harvest the content data, andformat the harvested content data into a data file; anda second server configured to receive the data file and transmit, via a transmission channel, the data file to a device for populating the user interface at the device with the harvested content data. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises: a menu area that is configured to provide access to a variety of services into which the harvested content data is categorized; anda content display area in which portions of the harvested content data are displayed, wherein the portions are associated with a selected menu service. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein additional content data otherwise not associated with the selected menu service is configured to be displayed in the content display area. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein one or more individual content items configured to be displayed in the content display area of the user interface comprise at least one of an advertisement and a promotion. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the individual content items is linked to an application other than the content display area. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one advertisement and promotion is configured to be displayed prior to a linked application being executed. 7. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one advertisement and promotion are configured to be displayed in the content display area after all individual content items of a selected menu service have been displayed and before other individual content items of another menu service are displayed. 8. The system of claim 2, wherein the portions are configured to be displayed in the content display area of the user interface in a rotating fashion such that individual content items are displayed for configurable periods of time and then automatically replaced with new content items. 9. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface further comprises a content user interface that is configured to display designated content regardless of what information is displayed in the content display area. 10. The system of claim 2, wherein the device comprises a set-top box unit, and wherein the multiple data sources comprise one or more file servers and one or more servers different from the one or more file servers. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the harvested content data is displayable via the user interface in both a passive mode, in which the harvested content data is displayed in a sequence independent of any selection operations, and an active mode, in which the harvested content data is displayed in a sequence that depends on selection operations. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the harvested content data that is displayable via the user interface according to categories. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the harvested content data is displayable as individual content items within each of the categories for a configurable period of time on a rotating basis. 14. A method, comprising: receiving, at a second server and from a first server, a data file that was generated and formatted at the first server by harvesting content data from multiple data sources according to content collection rules, the content collection rules identifying content data eligible for display in a user interface, identifying placement criteria for display of the content data, and are comprised in a file that identifies locations from which to harvest the content data; andtransmitting, by the second server via a transmission channel, the data file to a device for populating the user interface at the device with the harvested content data. 15. A method, comprising: causing a display of an interactive menu through which content items that are organized into a plurality of categories are displayed in ticker fashion, the ticker fashion comprising: a first mode, in which first content items of a first category in the plurality of categories are displayed in a first time-rotating sequence followed by display of second content items of a second category in the plurality of categories in a second time-rotating sequence, independent of any selection operations by a viewer, anda second mode, in which third content items of particular third category in the plurality of categories are displayed in a third time-rotating sequence that depends on selection operations by the viewer, andprogramming. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein all content items of the first category are displayed before content items of the second category in the first mode. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one advertisement or promotion is displayed after all of the first content items have been displayed and before display of the second content items. 18. The method of claim 15, wherein a background color of a navigation button changes automatically in response to a category change in the first mode. 19. A method comprising: harvesting, at a first server, content data from multiple data sources according to content collection rules, the content collection rules identifying content data eligible for display in a user interface, identifying placement criteria for display of the content data, and comprised in a file that identifies locations from which to harvest the content data;formatting, at the first server, the harvested content data into a data file; andtransmitting the data file to a second server for transmission, via a transmission channel, to a device for populating the user interface with the harvested content data. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein harvesting the content data from the multiple data sources according to the content collection rules comprises harvesting the content data based on the placement criteria, which comprises at least one of: time of day, content source, current broadcast content, viewer demographic, viewer behavior, navigation context, or current content category. 21. The method of claim 15, further comprising: in response to viewer selections of the third category on the interactive menu: switching the interactive menu from the first mode to the second mode of the ticker, andpopulating the third time rotating sequence with content items corresponding to third category selected by the viewer from the interactive menu.
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