Method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsPo-wen Cheng, Jyhhwa Ferng, Wen-Chiuan Liao, Jeng-Weei Lin, Tai-Yuan Wang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device employs a remote control unit which has a plurality of user interface devices. The user interface devices control information flow on the video device in a predetermined manner. The method and apparatus for interacting with information on the video device directly interacts with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags without the need of a graphical mouse pointer on the video device.
Claims33
A system for interacting and selecting information on video device without a mouse pointer, the apparatus comprising:
- a remote control unit;
- a video device;
- a computer, said computer being operatively linked to the remote control unit via an interface;
- a first user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said first user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that activates information displayed on the video device outputted by said computer;
- a second user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said second user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that selects information displayed on the video device outputted by said computer;
- a third user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said third user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that scrolls information on the video device outputted by said computer;
- a fourth user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said fourth user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that advances information in a page format on said video device outputted by said computer;
- a fifth user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said fifth user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that regresses information in a page format on said video device outputted by said computer;
- a sixth user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said sixth user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that advances information incrementally on said video device outputted by said computer;
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- a seventh user interface device disposed on said remote control unit, said seventh user interface device generating a signal upon actuation that regresses information incrementally on said video device outputted by said computer, whereby efficiency in remote operation of a computer program which outputs information on the video device is substantially increased.
A method executable in a computer system for interacting and selecting information on a video device without a mouse pointer, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting the activation of a user interface device on a remote control unit;
- activating information displayed on the video device if a first interface device is actuated;
- selecting information displayed on the video device if a second interface device is actuated;
- scrolling through information on the video device by activating if a third interface device is actuated;
- advancing through information in a page format if a fourth interface device is actuated;
- regressing through information in a page format if a fifth interface device is actuated;
- advancing through information incrementally if a sixth interface device is actuated;
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- regressing through information incrementally if a seventh interface device is activated, whereby efficiency in remote operation of the computer program which provides the information on the video device is substantially increased.
A method of interacting and selecting information on a video device without a mouse pointer, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a remote control unit;
- providing a plurality of user interface devices on the remote control unit;
- providing a video device;
- operatively linking the remote control unit to a computer connected to the video device via a wireless interface;
- activating information displayed on the video device by activating one of the interface devices;
- selecting information displayed on the video device by activating one of the interface devices;
- scrolling through information on the video device by activating one of the interface devices;
- advancing through information in a page format by activating one of the interface devices;
- regressing through information in a page format by activating one of the interface devices;
- advancing through information incrementally by activating one of the interface devices;
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- regressing through information incrementally by activating one of the interface devices, whereby efficiency in remote operation of a computer program which provides the information on the video device is substantially increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.