Controller selectable hyperlinks
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment America LLC
InventorsMasayuki Chatani, Nobuhiro Komata
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Abstract
A data processing system for connection to a network utilizing a guidance diagram overlay on a network page with selectable options associated with input controller keys to facilitate network navigation and a method for rendering a guidance diagram overlay on a network page.
Claims16
A data processing system for connection to a network comprising, a data processing unit, a display, and a controller, said display capable of displaying a website downloaded from the network and including at least one positionably selectable hyperlink contained on the website display, a storage medium in said data processing unit for storing therein a respective guidance picture associated with one of said at least one positionally selectable hyperlink, said guidance picture containing a plurality of options identified by icons arranged around said one of said at least one positionally selectable hyperlink, said plurality of options including at least an option effecting a connection to a network address specified by a hyperlink other than said one of said at least one positionally selectable hyperlink, each option being selectable by a key on the controller, said key being identified by an icon corresponding to an icon of one option, said controller containing pointer controls for controlling the position of a pointer movable over the display, said data processing unit producing the associated guidance diagram as an overlay graphic presentation on said display website when said pointer addresses a hyperlink.
A method for providing an on-screen guidance diagram in a display of a data processing unit, comprising:
- storing a guidance diagram with a hyperlink in a memory,
- generating an on-screen guidance diagram when a pointer of the data processing unit is positioned over a selectable hyperlink on a server page,
- said guidance diagram containing a plurality of options identified by icons arranged around said hyperlink, said plurality of options including at least an option effecting a connection to a network address specified by a hyperlink other than said hyperlink, each option being selectable by a key on the controller, said key being identified by an icon corresponding to an icon of one option,
- overlapping the guidance diagram on the server page,
- terminating the display of the guidance diagram when the pointer of the data processing unit is no longer positioned over the selectable hyperlink on the server page.
A contents server comprising:
- a storage medium and a processor, wherein the storage medium is capable of storing information on relationships between hyperlink positions on a web site and addresses, functions, and input controller buttons for the web site, wherein said processor uses said stored information to generate a table of options associated with a hyperlink and wherein said processor communicates said table to a host server, the host server communicating said table to a user input device that generates a guidance diagram on the web site containing a plurality of options identified by icons arranged around the hyperlink, said plurality of options including at least an option effecting a connection to a network address specified by a hyperlink other than the hyperlink, each option being selectable by a key on a controller connected to the host server, said key being identified by an icon corresponding to an icon of one option.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.