Method, navigation and display system for widgets on internet-enabled devices
OwnerHarald Amundseninventor
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Abstract
System for providing widgets on a display of a TV unit, which TV unit is provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device which provides Internet to the TV unit, and the system includes an internal or external control device for controlling the TV unit. The Internet-enabled device is arranged for providing widgets on the display of the TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch. The invention also includes a method for the same.
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A system for providing widgets on a display of a TV unit provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device which provides Internet to the TV unit, the system comprising:
- an internal or external control device for controlling the digital TV unit;
- wherein the Internet-enabled device is configured to provide widgets on the display of the digital TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch.
A method for providing widgets on a display of a digital TV unit provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- communicating with a web portal for retrieving widgets and widgets profiles by means of the Internet-enabled device;
- defining and uploading profiles including widgets;
- making the widgets sticky or un-sticky;
- presenting the sticky widgets on the display of the TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.