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US 2012/0260168 A1Published application
User interface for audio video display device such as tv
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsSteven Friedlander, David Young, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory “stacked” notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command.
Claims18
Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
- processor;
- video display presenting demanded images;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- present on the display a first graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content panels, each content panel representing a respective video;
- responsive to a viewer selection of a content panel in the first GUI, present on the display a search GUI containing information pertaining to the selected content panel from the first GUI;
- responsive to a viewer selection of an element from the search GUI, present on the display a new search GUI;
- maintain a record of the first GUI and the search GUI;
- responsive to a first scroll command, scroll new content panels onto the new search GUI with at least a first portion of the new search GUI not scrolling offscreen and with at least a second portion of the new search GUI scrolling offscreen to be replaced by the new content panels;
- and
- responsive to a second scroll command, replace the new search GUI with the search GUI.
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Method comprising:
- presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on an audio video display device (AVDD), the GUI including selector elements selectable to initiate a search for content related to a selected selector element;
- responsive to receiving a selection of a first selector element, receiving a first search results set;
- storing the first search results set;
- presenting at least a portion of the first search results set on the AVDD;
- responsive to receiving a selection of a second selector element from a GUI presented on the AVDD, receiving a second search results set;
- storing the second search results set;
- replacing the portion of the first search results on the AVDD with at least a portion of the second search results;
- and
- responsive to a scroll command, replacing the portion of the second search results on the AVDD with at least the portion of the first search results.
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Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
- processor;
- display;
- and
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- present on the display a first graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content panels;
- responsive to a viewer selection of a content panel in the first GUI, present on the display a search GUI containing information pertaining to the selected content panel from the first GUI;
- responsive to a viewer selection of an element from the search GUI, present on the display a new search GUI;
- and
- responsive to a first scroll command, replace the new search GUI with the search GUI.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.