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US 2017/0374427 A9Published application
Multiview tv template creation and display layout modification
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsSTEVEN MARTIN RICHMAN, JASON CLEMENT
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Abstract
A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- receive a type of display for which template creation is sought, a template comprising plural tiles presentable on a user interface (UI) of a display, each tile representing respective content;
- receive a content type for each tile, the content type identifying a type of the respective content associated with the respective tile;
- access a minimum size configuration for each tile based on the type of display and the content type associated with the respective tile;
- populate the tiles by associating the tiles with specific underlying assets of the content type defined for the respective tile;
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- responsive to a command to re-size a tile, ensure that no tile is re-sized to violate the minimum size configuration established for the respective tile.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a type of display for which template creation is sought, a template comprising plural tiles presentable on a user interface (UI) of a display, each tile representing respective content;
- receiving a content type for each tile;
- and
- based at least in part on the content type and type of display, establishing a minimum size configuration for each tile such that commands to re-size tiles are not wholly executed unless no tile is re-sized in violation of the respective minimum size configuration as a result of the command.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one display;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one computer memory including instructions executable by the at least one processor for presenting on the display at least one user interface (UI), the UI comprising:
- a web page tile representing a web page, a video tile representing a video, and a TV tile representing a TV channel, each tile having a minimum size configuration associated with a respective content type of the tile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.