First-screen navigation with channel surfing, backdrop reviewing and content peeking
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorCraig Murray
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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorCraig Murray
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A method is implemented at an Internet-connected remote control device for reviewing content channels on an Internet-connected display device that is associated with the remote control device via a user account maintained at a server. In response to receiving a user actuation of a user button, the remote control identifies a first Internet content channel that is currently being displayed on the display device, and obtains a preferred channel list including a sequence of Internet content channels that is associated with the user account and includes the first Internet content channel. The remote control then identifies a second Internet content channel that follows the first Internet content channel in the preferred channel list, and transmits to the server a first channel change message including information of the second Internet content channel to cause the Internet-connected display device to display media content provided by the second content channel.
A method of reviewing Internet content channels on a display device, the method comprising:
An electronic device for reviewing Internet content channels on a display device, wherein the electronic device and the display device are associated with a user account maintained at a server, the electronic device comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs to be executed by hardware processor of an electronic device for reviewing Internet content channels on a display device, wherein the electronic device and the display device are associated with a user account maintained at a server, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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