US 8,555,315 B2Granted

Systems and methods for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views

AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.

InventorsThomas Steven Woods, Jason Conness, Christopher Bauder

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views. A first of a plurality of media guidance objects may be displayed in a first perspective view that appears flat on the screen. A second media guidance object may be displayed in a second perspective view that appears to be going into the screen creating the appearance of a fold between the first and second media guidance application objects at a location where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view. The second media guidance object in the second perspective view may be caused to slide through the fold into the first perspective view. The second media guidance object displayed in the first perspective view may be selected. An action may be performed for a media asset corresponding to the selected media guidance object.

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Dependent claims

A method for navigating about an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising:

generating for display a first media guidance application object in a first perspective view, wherein the first media guidance application object includes content source information for content represented by media guidance application objects in a second perspective view;
generating for display a second media guidance application object in the second perspective view different from the first perspective view, wherein a first fold appears between the first and second media guidance application objects where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view;
sliding the second media guidance application object through a second fold from the second perspective view into a third perspective view, wherein while the second media guidance application object is sliding through the second fold, clarity of the second media guidance application object is maintained while sliding, and wherein the first media guidance application object in the first perspective view remains stationary while the second media guidance application object is sliding;
and
selecting the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the third perspective view.

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A system for navigating about an interactive media guidance application, the system comprising:

a display screen;
and
processing circuitry configured to:
generate for display on the display screen a first media guidance application object in a first perspective view, wherein the first media guidance application object includes content source information for content represented by media guidance application objects in a second perspective view;
generate for display on the display screen the second media guidance application object in a second perspective view different from the first perspective view, wherein a first fold appears between the first and second media guidance application objects where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view;
slide the second media guidance application object through a second fold from the second perspective view into a third perspective view, wherein while the second media guidance application object is slid through the second fold, clarity of the second media guidance application object is maintained while sliding, and wherein the first media guidance application object in the first perspective view remains stationary while the second media guidance application object is sliding;
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select the second media guidance application object that is displayed in the first third perspective view.

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Facts

Application: 12/571,069Filed 30 Sep 2009 · us provisional application
Priority: 10 Apr 2009
Published: US 2010/0262995 A114 Oct 2010
Granted: 8 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

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…
G06T 15/20
Geometric effects: perspective computation
G06T 19/00
Manipulating three-dimensional [3d] models or images for computer graphics
H04N 21/4312
Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering: involving specific graphical features,…