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US 2012/0260212 A1Published application
Vertical click and drag to drill down into metadata on user interface for audio video display device such as tv
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsDavid Young, Steven Friedlander, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh
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Abstract
An initial vertical drag command input to a GUI of a display having a grid of content information panels causes metadata related to one of the content information panels to be displayed, typically overlaid on an information panel adjacent the selected panel. A subsequent vertical drag command causes enhanced metadata to be displayed in a larger window.
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Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
- processor;
- video display;
- and
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- present on the display a grid of information panels, each information panel presenting visual information pertaining to respective audio video programs;
- receive a vertical drag command;
- determine the information panel to which the vertical drag command pertains;
- and
- responsive to the vertical drag command and determination of which information panel the drag command pertains, present on the display metadata related to the information panel to which the vertical drag command pertains.
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Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
- processor;
- video display;
- and
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- present a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the GUI including plural content information panels each selectable to cause the processor to present on the display respective audio video content;
- receive a first command pertaining to the GUI to access metadata related to an audio video program represented by a first one of the content information panels;
- responsive to the first command, cause a screen shot to appear on the display to show condensed metadata related to a respective first audio video program represented by the first content information panel, the condensed metadata being presented in a window that is substantially the same size and shape as an information panel and being overlaid thereon;
- receive a second command pertaining to the screen shot to access additional metadata;
- responsive to the second command, cause a screen shot to appear on the display to show enhanced metadata related to the first audio video program, the enhanced metadata being presented in a second window larger than the first window.
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Method, comprising:
- presenting on a video display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content information panels each selectable to present on the display respective audio video content;
- scrolling information panels using a first command pertaining to a first dimension such that information panels scroll onscreen and offscreeen responsive to the first command;
- and
- displaying metadata pertaining to an audio video content represented by a first one of the content information panels responsive to a second command pertaining to a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.