Interactive matrix cell transformation user interface
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsSteven Johnson, Stephen Glennon
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Abstract
An interactive matrix tile transformation user interface is contemplated. The user interface may be configured to facilitate user navigation of a display or other interface through which services may be requested, including facilitating navigation of television related services. The user interface may be operable in a device having capabilities sufficient to control operation of an output device in response to user input.
Claims20
A graphical user interface operable to execute on a mobile device to provide a graphical display, the user interface operable to facilitate issuance of wireless command signals from the mobile device to an output device, the output device being configured to tune to a selected television channel in response receipt of a corresponding wireless command signal from the mobile device, the user interface operable to facilitate:
- graphically representing television programs associated with the television channels within a tiled portion of the graphical display, the tiled portion including a plurality of tiles for graphically representing the television programs;
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- graphically representing an exploded tile associated with a user selected first tile of the plurality of tiles, the exploded tile appearing over at least a first part of the tiled portion, the exploded tile blocking the first part from view, the exploded tile including additional information beyond that displayed within the tiled portion, referred to as exploded information.
A method of facilitating selection of television services comprising:
- graphically representing television services available for selection within a tiled portion of a user interface, the tiled portion comprising a plurality of tiles each configured to graphically depict information for a corresponding television service within a first plane;
- graphically representing an exploded tile associated with a user selected first tile of the plurality of tiles, the exploded tile including exploded information for the television service corresponding with the first tile, the exploded information including information beyond that displayed within the tiled portion for the first tile, the exploded tile graphically depicting the exploded information within a second plane appearing above at least part of the tiled portion appearing within the first plane.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for controlling a computing device to electronically facilitate selection of a television program, the computing device being associated with a display, the computer-readable code comprising instructions for:
- displaying a selectable plurality of tiles within a tiled portion the display, each of the tiles graphically representing television program information for a corresponding television program, each tile having a boundary;
- highlighting a highlighted tile of the plurality of tiles in response to a first user input;
- directing an output device to access the television program associated with the highlighted tile in response to a second user input within the boundary of the highlighted tile, the second user input being a single-point input;
- displaying an exploded tile for the television program associated with the highlighted tile in response to a third user input within the boundary of the highlighted tile, the third user input being a multiple-point input within the boundary of the highlighted tile, the exploded tile including exploded information for the television program corresponding with the highlighted tile, the exploded information including information beyond that displayed within the highlighted tile, the exploded tile appearing closer to a user than the tiled portion and as a pop-up in front of the highlighted tile such that the exploded tile obstructs the highlighted tile from view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.