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AssigneeNPG Technology, S.A.
InventorsEnrique Cosío, Miguel Angel Perez
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The embodiment this patent proposes is a User Interface (Portal) for Smart TV devices composed of a grid of different types of elements: Sections, Applications, Widgets and Anchor Spaces. This grid of elements can be scrolled to the left or to the right to allow the user to access hidden elements. All the elements of the Portal may perform a default operation depending on the type of element and its status when they are focused. In addition, a Long Click/Press Behaviour is also unveiled. By pressing the Ok button of the remote controller for a couple of seconds over a focused application element of the Portal, the system will open up a contextual menu with different options that will allow the user to perform several tasks over the selected element, like de-anchoring, moving and uninstalling applications. This behaviour is replicated by means of the Tools button of the remote controller. A similar Long Click/Press Behaviour over the All Apps Screen is also considered.
A method of providing a graphic user interface (GUI) for Android™ Smart TVs (FIG. 1), the method comprising:
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A scrolling method (FIG. 2) that allows the user to display the hidden content not visible on the screen area. This scroll is performed when the user sets the focus on the next element to the right of the last element visible on the right hand side of the Portal, or alternatively when the user sets the focus on the next element to the left of the last element visible on the left hand side of the Portal. This operation causes a displacement of the hidden elements onto the visible area. The previously visible elements on the left hand side of the screen or on the right hand side of the screen, respectively, now get hidden behind the main section/category. The main section is unaltered.
A method of providing a contextual menu with different options by pressing the Ok button for a couple of seconds (or alternatively the Tools button) of the remote controller over an element of the Portal (FIG. 3).
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