US 8,554,884 B2Granted

Setting and modifying method of user operating interface for use in digital audio/video playback system

AssigneeAlpha Networks Inc.

InventorTung-Chou Lee

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Abstract

A setting and modifying method of a user operating interface is used between a user device and a digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device through a network. The setting and modifying method includes the following steps. Firstly, the user device acquires a first user operating interface setting information from the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device. Then, the contents of the first user operating interface setting information are modified to generate a second user operating interface setting information. Afterwards, the second user operating interface setting information is transmitted from the user device to the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device through the network for setting the user operating interface.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A setting and modifying method of a user operating interface for use between a user device and a digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device through a network, the setting and modifying method comprising steps of:

making the user device acquire a first user operating interface setting information of the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device, wherein the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device is a digital set-top box or a digital television, and modifying the contents of the first user operating interface setting information to generate a second user operating interface setting information;
transmitting the second user operating interface setting information from the user device to the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device through the network and storing the second user operating interface setting information in the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device;
providing a user operating interface setting selection menu by the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device;
and
reading out the second user operating interface setting information from the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device in response to a selection from the user operating interface setting selection menu, and setting the user operating interface according to the second user operating interface setting information, wherein the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device further provides a user operating interface preview function to preview the contents of the second user operating interface setting information.

2 more elements

A digital audio/video playback system for use with a network, the digital audio/video playback system comprising:

a digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device in communication with the network to receive a digital audio/video signal through the network and decode the digital audio/video signal for playback, the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device providing a user operating interface, wherein the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device is a digital set-top box or a digital television;
and
a user device in communication with the network to acquire a first user operating interface setting information of the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device, and modify the contents of the first user operating interface setting information to generate a second user operating interface setting information, wherein the second user operating interface setting information is transmitted from the user device to the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device through the network and stored in the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device, wherein the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device provides a user operating interface setting selection menu, and the user operating interface is set according to the second user operating interface setting information in response to a selection from the user operating interface setting selection menu,
wherein the digital audio/video signal receiving and processing device further provides a user operating interface preview function to preview the contents of the second user operating interface setting information.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/728,452Filed 22 Mar 2010
Priority: TW 98109388 A23 Mar 2009
Published: US 2010/0241967 A123 Sep 2010
Granted: 8 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04N 21/4112
Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices: having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less…
H04N 21/47
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
H04N 21/485
End-user applications: end-user interface for client configuration
H04N
Pictorial communication