# US 8,544,042 B2 · Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,544,042 B2 - Document ID: US8544042B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/341,706 - Filed: 2011-12-30 - Published: 2012-04-26 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 1998-09-30 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki; Christopher D. Williams; Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff; David N. Hackson - Inventors: Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki; Christopher D. Williams; Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff; David N. Hackson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8544042B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N 7/088: the inserted signal being digital - H04N 21/4143: {embedded in a} Personal Computer [PC] - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/4332: {by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository (interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739)} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a first window that displays video data of a first entertainment selection. A first area of the first window displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the first entertainment selection. The GUI includes a second window that displays video data of a second entertainment selection. A second area of the second window, displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the second entertainment selection. Upon selection by a user of the respective window, entertainment system data regarding the entertainment selection corresponding to the respective window is displayed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method associated with an entertainment system graphical user interface, comprising: displaying, by a system controller of the entertainment system, a first video of a first entertainment selection within a first window of the graphical user interface; displaying, by the system controller, data about the first entertainment selection within the first window; retrieving information about the first entertainment selection from a program guide and displaying the retrieved information within the first window; and simultaneous with the display of the first video, displaying, by the system controller, a second video of a second entertainment selection within a second window of the graphical user interface, wherein the second entertainment selection is associated with an entertainment software application file stored locally at the entertainment system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a user's preference of entertainment selection sources; obtaining video data corresponding to entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment selection sources; and obtaining entertainment system data corresponding to the entertainment selections. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining a user's preference of entertainment selection sources comprises referencing a list of entertainment selection sources stored in a channel scan control unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the video data corresponding to the entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment sources comprises programming a video tuner to obtain the video data from the entertainment selection sources. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the entertainment system data corresponding to the entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment sources comprises accessing a database of entertainment selections. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the entertainment software application file comprises a video game stored locally at the entertainment system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying data about the second entertainment selection within the second window. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the data about the second entertainment selection comprises a software application title. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the data about the second entertainment selection comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a system controller of the entertainment system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a hard disk drive of the system controller of the entertainment system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a digital video disk device of the entertainment system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a compact disk player of the entertainment system. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions, the sequence of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor of an entertainment system, causes the processor to perform: displaying a first video of a first entertainment selection within a first window; displaying data about the first video first entertainment selection within the first window; retrieving information about the first entertainment selection from a program guide and displaying the retrieved information within the first window; and simultaneous with the display of the first video, displaying a second video of a second entertainment selection within a second window, wherein the second entertainment selection is associated with an entertainment software application file stored locally at the entertainment system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform: determining a user's preference of entertainment selection sources; obtaining video data corresponding to entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment selection sources; and obtaining entertainment system data corresponding to the entertainment selections. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein obtaining the video data corresponding to the entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment selection sources comprises programming a video tuner to obtain the video data from the entertainment selection sources. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein obtaining the entertainment system data corresponding to the entertainment selections broadcasted on the entertainment selection sources comprises accessing a database of entertainment selections. ### Claim 18 A channel scan unit of an entertainment system, comprising: a channel scan control unit that stores a list of entertainment selection sources in an electronic programming guide; a database interface, coupled to the channel scan control unit, that receives the list of entertainment selection sources from the channel scan control unit and obtains entertainment system data that corresponds to entertainment selections that are broadcasted on the listed entertainment selection sources from the electronic programming guide; a tuner interface coupled to the channel scan control unit that receives the list of entertainment selection sources from the channel scan control unit and obtains video data from the listed entertainment selection sources; and a display interface coupled to the database interface and the tuner interface that receives the entertainment system data and the video data and generates a graphical user interface that simultaneously displays both: (i) video data and entertainment system data associated with information received from a remote entertainment source via a communication network and (ii) video data associated with an entertainment software application file stored locally at the entertainment system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The channel scan unit of claim 18, wherein the channel scan control unit, the database interface, the tuner interface and the display interface comprise modules implemented in software resident on a memory of a computer system. ### Claim 20 A method associated with an entertainment system graphical user interface, comprising: displaying a first video of a first entertainment selection within a first window of the graphical user interface, wherein the first entertainment selection is associated with information received from a remote entertainment source via a communication network; displaying data about the first entertainment selection within the first window; and simultaneous with the display of the first video, displaying a second video of a second entertainment selection within a second window of the graphical user interface, wherein the second entertainment selection is associated with an entertainment software application file stored locally at the entertainment system, and further wherein at least one of the first and second videos comprise moving pictures. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the first entertainment selection is associated with at least one of: (i) a cable network input, (ii) a television input, (iii) a satellite input, (iv) a video on demand input, (v) a telephone network input, and (vi) a computer network input. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the data about the first entertainment selection comprises at least one of: (i) a program title, (ii) information about one or more actors, (iii) a program rating, (iv) a program source, (v) a program time, (vi) a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”), and (vii) text data describing the first video. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the entertainment software application file comprises a video game stored locally at the entertainment system. ### Claim 24 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising: displaying data about the second entertainment selection within the second window. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the data about the second entertainment selection comprises a software application title. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the data about the second entertainment selection comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). ### Claim 27 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a system controller of the entertainment system. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a hard disk drive of the system controller of the entertainment system. ### Claim 29 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a digital video disk device of the entertainment system. ### Claim 30 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the entertainment software application file is stored locally at a compact disk player of the entertainment system.