US 2004/0172388 A1 · Method and apparatus for providing a user interface

Abstract

When the user views the information available on a program (in a Personal Video Recorder), the keywords that determine whether a program will be recorded are accentuated. This can be done by using the size of the text or by using colors or any other kind of varying accentuation i.e. encircled or blinking text. This makes it easy for the user to identify the keywords used in their personalized profile. Additionally the user can navigate between keywords and change the accentuation of the keywords, to indicate a rating (in multiple levels) of the keyword.

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Dependent claims

Method for providing a user interface for displaying an information unit comprising at least one symbol, the method comprising the following steps:

(a) Comparing the symbol with at least one keyword comprised in a personalized profile wherein the keyword is associated with a rating;
and
(b) While displaying the information unit, accentuating the symbol matching the keyword, the accentuation corresponding to the rating associated, with the keyword.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/483,866Filed 14 Jan 2004

Priority

EP 01202759.519 Jul 2001

Published

2 Sep 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 21/232
Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware: content retrieval operation locally within server, e.g.…
G06F 16/338
Querying: presentation of query results
H04N 5/76
Details of television systems: television signal recording
H04N 21/4147
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: pVR [Personal Video Recorder]

Method and apparatus for providing a user interface

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