Flexible rendering of user interface elements
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorsKishore Tallapaneni, Heath Stallings, Don Relyea
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Abstract
A content processing device is in selective communication with a remote server. A graphical user interface is provided. A rendering application is included within the content processing device. The rendering application is configured to: retrieve a set of presentation elements from the remote server, the set of presentation elements including a graphical element; represent the graphical element as a bitmap; determine each of a location, an orientation, and a size for the graphical element within a graphical user interface; expand the graphical element according to the size; and include the graphical element within the graphical user interface.
Claims23
A method, comprising:
- retrieving a set of presentation elements from a remote server, the set of presentation elements including a graphical element;
- representing the graphical element as a bitmap;
- determining each of a location, an orientation, and a size for the graphical element within a graphical user interface;
- expanding the graphical element according to the size;
- and
- including the graphical element within the graphical user interface.
A system, comprising:
- a content processing device in selective communication with a remote server;
- a graphical user interface;
- and
- a rendering application included within the content processing device;
- the rendering application configured to:
- retrieve a set of presentation elements from the remote server, the set of presentation elements including a graphical element;
- represent the graphical element as a bitmap;
- determine each of a location, an orientation, and a size for the graphical element within a graphical user interface;
- expand the graphical element according to the size;
- and
- include the graphical element within the graphical user interface.
A method, comprising:
- retrieving a set of presentation elements from a remote server, the set of presentation elements including a graphical element and other elements, at least some of the other elements having fixed sizes;
- representing the graphical element as a bitmap;
- determining each of a location and an orientation for the graphical element on a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface having fixed dimensions;
- determining a size for the graphical element within the graphical user interface according to at least one of one or more dimensions of a presentation element other than the graphical element, metadata retrieved with the set of presentation elements, the duration of a program listed in an interactive program guide, and a text string included in one of the presentation elements;
- expanding the graphical element according to the size;
- and
- including the graphical element within the graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.