System and method of displaying content and related social media data
AssigneeOpenTV, Inc.
InventorsCrx Chai, Alex Fishman, Isaac Chellin
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Abstract
A device for enabling content selection is configured to display one or more item of content with associated popularity indicator. The popularity indicators may be based on usage data from a social media service. The popularity indicators may indicate a rate of change in popularity as well as a relative level popularity. In one example, a device may display comments from a social media service in conjunction with content during the playback of content.
Claims15
A method for enabling content selection comprising:
- displaying a plurality of information windows wherein each information window is respectively associated with an item of available content;
- replacing an information window of the plurality of information windows based on a determined change in popularity, while maintaining the position and size of other displayed plurality of information windows;
- receiving a user selection of an information window of the plurality of information windows, the user selection corresponding to multiple different types of selection available to a user;
- and
- in response to the user selection, causing an item of content associated with the selected window to be presented in a user interface that includes a playback window, the playback window including a display of user comments such that respective comments initially appear in the foreground of the user interface and move to the background as new comments are received.
A device for enabling content selection comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a plurality of information windows wherein each information window is respectively associated with an item of available content;
- replacing an information window of the plurality of information windows based on a determined change in popularity, while maintaining the position and size of the other displayed plurality of information windows;
- receiving a user selection of an information window from the plurality of information windows, the user selection corresponding to one of multiple different types of selection available to the user;
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- in response to the user selection, causing an item of content associated with the selected window to be presented in a user interface that includes a playback window, the playback window including a display of user comments such that respective comments initially appear in the foreground of the user interface and move to the background as new comments are received.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that upon execution cause one or more processors of a device to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a plurality of information windows wherein each formation window is respectively associated with an item of available content;
- replacing an information window of the plurality of information windows based on a determined change in popularity, while maintaining the position and size of the other displayed plurality of information windows;
- receiving user selection of an information window from the plurality of information windows, the user selection corresponding to mulitple different types of selection available to a user;
- and
- in response to the user selection, causing an item of content associated with the selected window to be presented in a user interface that includes a playback window, the playback window including a display of user comments such that respective comments initially appear in the foreground of the user interface and move to the background as new comments are received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.