Quick navigation menu
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsSteven Edward Silvas, Michael Gross, Christopher Hebert, Benjamin Ackerman, Daniel Myers
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods and systems directed towards implementations of a quick menu. The quick menu provides a user with easy and quick access to different user interfaces, content, and/or content sources. The user can request display of the quick menu with a user input and can subsequently choose which subsequent user interface to access via displayed icons within the quick menu.
Claims15
A method for providing a quick navigation menu, the method comprising:
- monitoring for a quick menu input from a user while the user views content on a computing device, the quick menu input comprising of an activation of a pre-determined element associated with the computing device, wherein the quick menu input instructs the computing device to generate a quick menu for the user to view;
- confirming that the quick menu input has been received by the computing device;
- generating the quick menu for the user to view in response to the confirmation, wherein the generated quick menu includes a plurality of icons that correspond to a plurality of different user interfaces;
- receiving user selection of one of the icons in the quick menu;
- and
- providing the user menu corresponding to the selected icon from the quick menu for the user to view.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for providing a quick navigation menu, the method comprising:
- monitoring for a quick menu input from a user while the user views content on a computing device, the quick menu input comprising of an activation of a pre-determined element associated with the computing device, wherein the quick menu input instructs the computing device to generate a quick menu for the user to view;
- confirming that the quick menu input has been received by the computing device;
- generating the quick menu for the user to view in response to the confirmation, wherein the generated quick menu includes a plurality of icons that correspond to a plurality of different user interfaces;
- receiving user selection of one of the icons in the quick menu;
- and
- providing the user menu corresponding to the selected icon from the quick menu for the user to view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.