Reusable application software for generating interactive television applications
AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.
InventorJohn Komaromi
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Abstract
The invention is an efficient computerized method for generating generic scenes for interactive satellite television applications, comprising the steps of maintaining a database of individual scene resources of different types, and obtaining a list of scenes comprising the scene resources via at least one loop for each scene resource. The invention only updates those scene resources that have been updated since the last compilation of scene resources. The scene resources include one or more of the following list: button, text box, static display, animation, photograph, visual element, audio clip and other computer gadget. The invention alleviates the need for writing new source code for each television application.
Claims16
An efficient computerized method for generating generic scenes for interactive satellite television applications, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a database of individual scene resources of different types, and
- obtaining a list of scenes comprising the scene resources via at least one loop for each scene resource.
In an interactive television system having a monitor, a set-top box and a selection device, a method of providing a plurality of scenes on the monitor, the method comprising:
- providing a database of generic scene resources,
- building a database of scenes from the scene resources, and
- displaying each specific scene selected through the selection device.
A user interface for allowing a user to select from and view a plurality of scenes each of which has been uniquely compiled by a scene-forming program capable of forming a multiple generic scenes comprising:
- a viewing device for said scenes, and
- scene selection means for providing a user with a means for selecting from a variety of scenes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.