User-defined home screen for ultra high definition (uhd) tv
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorDavid Andrew Young
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Abstract
A viewer of a UHD may configure one or more home screens that are associated with that viewer at viewer login by selecting one or more home screen templates, each of which includes multiple content panes arranged in a unique layout. The viewer may modify the layout. Each home screen may be associated with a respective content genus so that, for example, when a sports program is presented and the viewer selects a “home” key on a remote commander, a sports-related home screen is presented based on the viewer-selected sports home screen template, whereas when a feature movie is presented and the viewer selects the “home” key, a movie-related home screen is presented based on the viewer-selected movie home screen template.
Claims20
Audio video device (AVD) comprising:
- display;
- processor configured for controlling the display to present plural templates selectable by a user to establish a home screen layout, each template comprising plural content panes arranged in respective layouts, audio video (AV) content being presentable in at least some panes of each template, the processor being configured for causing the display to present a user-selected template responsive to user selection of a first key on an input device.
A method comprising:
- presenting plural multi-pane templates on a display of an audio video device (AVD);
- receiving a user selection of at least a first one of the templates;
- responsive to user modification signals, modifying the first template;
- populating panes of the first template with content;
- and
- subsequently presenting the first template responsive to a user invocation signal.
A first audio video device (AVD) comprising:
- a display;
- a processor configured for controlling the display to present at least a first home screen and a second home screen on the display, the processor configured to receive input useful for identifying a user of the first AVD, the processor configured to present either the first home screen or the second home screen based on the input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.