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US 2021/0232230 A1Published application
Systems and methods for providing video on demand in an intelligent television
AssigneeFlextronics AP, LLC
InventorsMohammed Selim, Saulo Correia Dourado
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Abstract
An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for providing video-on-demand (VOD). The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of VOD content and better organizations thereof. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the VOD content.
Claims20
A method for providing one of two types of user interfaces in an intelligent television, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of the intelligent television, a filter criteria;
- providing a catalog view of one or more television series associated with the filter criteria;
- receiving a selection of a television series from the catalog view;
- determining if the television series includes one season;
- if there is only one season, providing a first digest view of the season;
- receiving a second selection of an episode of the television series;
- playing the episode in a series player, wherein the series player is a user interface for providing the content of the episode on the intelligent television;
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- while the episode is playing, providing a user-selectable device displayable in the series player to navigate to at least one of a next episode or a previous episode in a play order of the television series relative to the episode playing, wherein the user-selectable device includes an identification of the episode playing in the series player, wherein the user-selectable device includes a thumbnail representing the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode, wherein the thumbnail is an image associated with content of the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series, and wherein the thumbnail is selectable to navigate to the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series.
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An intelligent television system comprising:
- a memory operable to store video-on-demand (VOD) content;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to:
- execute a user interface application operable to:
- receive, by a processor of the intelligent television, a filter criteria;
- provide a catalog view of one or more television series associated with the filter criteria;
- receive a selection of a television series from the catalog view;
- determine if the television series includes one season;
- if there is only one season, provide a first digest view of the season;
- if there is two or more seasons, provide a second digest view of one of the two or more seasons;
- receive a second selection of an episode of the television series;
- play the episode in a series player, wherein the series player is a user interface for providing the content of the episode on the intelligent television system;
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- while the episode is playing, provide a user-selectable device displayable in the series player to navigate to at least one of a next episode or a previous episode in a play order of the television series relative to the episode playing, wherein the user-selectable device includes an identification of the episode playing in the series player, wherein the user-selectable device includes a thumbnail representing the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode, wherein the thumbnail is an image associated with content of the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series, and wherein the thumbnail is selectable to navigate to the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon processor executable instructions that cause a computing system to execute a method, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to receive, by a processor of the intelligent television, a filter criteria;
- instructions to provide a catalog view of one or more television series associated with the filter criteria;
- instructions to receive a selection of a television series from the catalog view;
- instructions to determine if the television series includes one season;
- if there is only one season, instructions to provide a first digest view of the season;
- if there is two or more seasons, instructions to provide a second digest view of one of the two or more seasons, wherein the second digest view is formatted differently from the first digest view;
- instructions to receive a second selection of an episode of the television series;
- instructions to play the episode in a series player, wherein the series player is a user interface for providing the content of the episode on the intelligent television;
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- while the episode is playing, instructions to provide a user-selectable device displayable in the series player to navigate to at least one of a next episode or a previous episode in a play order of the television series relative to the episode playing, wherein the user-selectable device includes an identification of the episode playing in the series player, wherein the user-selectable device includes a thumbnail representing the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode, wherein the thumbnail is an image associated with content of the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series, and wherein the thumbnail is selectable to navigate to the at least one of the next episode or the previous episode of the television series.
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