Entertainment media visualization and interaction method
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsJens Faenger, Zhongnan Shen
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Abstract
A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including accessing a source of audio/video content. The source is capable of providing a plurality of media items. The media items are analyzed to thereby determine a corresponding classification for each of the items. A visual representation of each of the classifications is provided on a display of the entertainment system. One of the classifications being selected by a user is sensed. In response to the sensing, one of the media items corresponding to the selected classification is played, and/or the user is offered a choice among a plurality of the media items corresponding to the selected classification.
Claims20
A method of operating an entertainment system, said method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- accessing a source of audio/video content, the source being capable of providing a plurality of media items;
- analyzing the media items to thereby determine a corresponding classification for each of the items;
- providing a visual representation of each of the classifications on a display of the entertainment system;
- sensing one of the classifications being selected by a user;
- and
- in response to the sensing, at least one of:
- playing one of the media items corresponding to the selected classification;
- and
- offering the user a choice among a plurality of the media items corresponding to the selected classification.
A method of operating an entertainment system, said method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- accessing a source of audio/video content, the source being capable of providing a plurality of media items;
- determining a corresponding classification for each of the items;
- providing a respective representation for each of the classifications on a display of the entertainment system;
- sensing a plurality of the classifications being selected by a user in a sequential order;
- and
- in response to the sensing, playing ones of the media items having the selected classifications, the media items being played in an order of their classifications in the sequential order.
A method of operating an entertainment system, said method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- providing a visual representation of each of a plurality of categories of audio/video content on a display of the entertainment system;
- sensing a user selecting an area in-between two of the representations on the display, the two representations corresponding to a first of the categories and a second of the categories, respectively;
- and
- in response to the sensing:
- playing a media item having characteristics of each of the first and second categories of audio/video content;
- and/or
- offering the user a choice among a plurality of media items, each of the media items having characteristics of each of the first and second categories of audio/video content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.