VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT TIMELINE
    1.
    发明申请
    VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT TIMELINE 审中-公开
    视觉娱乐时间表

    公开(公告)号:US20110246882A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-06

    申请号:US12749868

    申请日:2010-03-30

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 G06F3/01

    摘要: Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the presentation of an entertainment consumption history via a timeline. For example, one embodiment comprises receiving entertainment consumption history comprising one or more entertainment content identifiers each identifying one or more entertainment content items sent to a selected user. The entertainment consumption history also comprises, for each entertainment content identifier, information related to a time at which the one or more entertainment content items identified by the entertainment content identifier were sent to the selected user. The embodiment further comprises sending to a display device a graphical depiction of the entertainment consumption history data as a timeline with each entertainment content identifier being illustrated along a direction of a time axis at a location representative of the time at which the one or more entertainment content items represented by the entertainment content identifier were sent to the selected user.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开的实施例涉及通过时间线呈现娱乐消费历史。 例如,一个实施例包括接收包括一个或多个娱乐内容标识符的娱乐消费历史,每个娱乐内容标识符标识发送给所选用户的一个或多个娱乐内容。 对于每个娱乐内容标识符,娱乐消费历史还包括与由娱乐内容标识符识别的一个或多个娱乐内容项目发送给所选择的用户的时间有关的信息。 该实施例还包括将娱乐消费历史数据的图形描绘作为时间线发送到显示设备,其中每个娱乐内容标识符沿着时间轴的方向示出在代表一个或多个娱乐内容的时间的位置处 由娱乐内容标识符表示的项目被发送给所选择的用户。

    SEEDING OF ACCOUNT SETUP OPERATIONS
    2.
    发明申请
    SEEDING OF ACCOUNT SETUP OPERATIONS 审中-公开
    帐户设置操作的种子

    公开(公告)号:US20120151604A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-14

    申请号:US12964650

    申请日:2010-12-09

    IPC分类号: G06F21/00

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02 G06Q30/06

    摘要: A system and method and provided for setting up target user accounts based on the accounts or experiences of other users or archetypes. One example method first includes determining that a first user wants to set up or modify an account for the consumption of digital content items. Then an account profile is identified for a second user that has an affinity with the first user, with the account profile being based on an account of the second user. Underlying protected information in the source account/profile is then protected to ensure that the account profile is free of sensitive or otherwise protected information. The account profile is then made available and used to set up or modify an account for the target user.

    摘要翻译: 一种系统和方法,用于根据其他用户或原型的帐户或体验设置目标用户帐户。 一个示例性方法首先包括确定第一用户想要建立或修改用于消费数字内容项目的帐户。 然后,为与第一用户具有亲和度的第二用户识别帐户简档,其中帐户简档基于第二用户的帐户。 然后保护源帐户/配置文件中的基础受保护信息,以确保帐户配置文件没有敏感或其他受保护的信息。 然后,帐户配置文件可用并用于为目标用户设置或修改帐户。

    Organizing and storing hierarchical data in a database having dual structures
    3.
    发明授权
    Organizing and storing hierarchical data in a database having dual structures 失效
    在具有双重结构的数据库中组织和存储分层数据

    公开(公告)号:US07340472B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-04

    申请号:US10839564

    申请日:2004-05-05

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/30

    摘要: A data viewer for displaying information selected from hierarchically organized data enables hierarchical searching by displaying hierarchical levels, or alternatively, by implementing an index search of selected data elements. If the index search is selected, an alphabetically ordered list of selected subjects, categories, and subcategories in the database is displayed for the hierarchically organized data. The selected subjects, categories, and subcategories are each associated with a database record and not with a lower hierarchical level that is a category or subcategory. Upon selecting an element from the index, the user is presented with a topical list. Any topic can be selected to display additional information. When an element is selected during an index search, the hierarchical relationship of the selected element to the hierarchical levels above it is also displayed, enabling the user to select a different hierarchical level that appears more relevant to the information desired.

    摘要翻译: 用于显示从层次组织的数据中选择的信息的数据查看器通过显示分层级别来启用分级搜索,或者通过实现所选数据元素的索引搜索。 如果选择索引搜索,则显示数据库中所选主题,类别和子类别的按字母顺序排列的列表,用于分层组织的数据。 所选择的对象,类别和子类别都与数据库记录相关联,而不是具有作为类别或子类别的较低层级。 在从索引中选择一个元素后,向用户呈现一个主题列表。 可以选择任何主题来显示其他信息。 当在索引搜索期间选择元素时,还显示所选元素与其上方的分层级别的分层关系,使得用户能够选择与所需信息更相关的不同层级。

    Method and system for displaying an animated focus item
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and system for displaying an animated focus item 失效
    用于显示动画焦点项的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US5687331A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-11

    申请号:US510965

    申请日:1995-08-03

    摘要: A viewer interface is disclosed for use in an interactive television network operative for providing an animated focus item in association with a control item to indicate that the control item is in a state responsive to commands from a user input device. An "animation" is any form of highlighting that is non-static, including but not limited to flashing, varying illumination, varying size, varying shape, varying position, varying color, varying display components, a moving and/or changing cartoon type image, a video image, a sound track, or a combination of these elements. Selection of the control item to receive focus and selection of options presented by control items having focus are accomplished by viewer interaction with the remote control unit, and such selections do not require a keyboard or mouse to indicate the viewer's desire to change the focus from one control item to another or to select an option. The user interface is also suitable for use in a general computing environment as well as in an interactive television environment.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于在交互式电视网络中使用的观看者界面,用于提供与控制项目相关联的动画聚焦项目,以指示控制项目处于响应于来自用户输入设备的命令的状态。 “动画”是非静态的任何形式的突出显示,包括但不限于闪烁,变化的照明,变化的大小,变化的形状,变化的位置,变化的颜色,变化的显示组件,移动和/或改变的卡通类型图像 ,视频图像,声轨或这些元素的组合。 通过与遥控单元的观看者交互来实现控制项目的选择以接收对焦和由具有焦点的控制项目呈现的选项的选择,并且这样的选择不需要键盘或鼠标来指示观看者将焦点从一个 控制项目到另一个或选择一个选项。 用户界面也适用于通用计算环境以及交互式电视环境中。

    Method and apparatus for generating directional and force vector in an
input device
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for generating directional and force vector in an input device 失效
    用于在输入装置中产生方向和力矢量的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5670955A

    公开(公告)日:1997-09-23

    申请号:US381633

    申请日:1995-01-31

    摘要: A thumbpad input device that enables a user to generate direction and speed by manipulating a round elastic pad. The underside of the pad is lined with a set of uniformly spaced contacts positioned in a circular pattern. Each contact is paired with a corresponding switch that is coupled to a circuit board. When a user presses down on the pad, one or more contacts close their respective switches. The pad contacts and switches are designed so that the number of closed switches varies with the magnitude of the force applied to the pad. The thumbpad input device has a micro controller that monitors the switches. It determines the most clockwise closed switch and the most counter-clockwise closed switch. Presumptively, these two closed switches define the two endpoints of an arc of all closed switches. These endpoints are then forwarded to a host processor. The host processor processes these endpoints to calculate the direction and speed of the symbol which correspond with the user's manipulation of the rubber pad.

    摘要翻译: 拇指板输入装置,其使用户能够通过操纵圆形弹性垫来产生方向和速度。 垫的下侧衬有一组以圆形图案定位的均匀间隔的接触。 每个触点与耦合到电路板的相应开关配对。 当用户按下垫子时,一个或多个触点闭合各自的开关。 焊盘触点和开关被设计成使得闭合开关的数量随着施加到焊盘的力的大小而变化。 拇指板输入设备具有监控开关的微控制器。 它确定了最顺时针的闭合开关和最逆时针的闭合开关。 推测地,这两个闭合开关定义了所有闭合开关的弧的两个端点。 然后将这些端点转发到主机处理器。 主机处理器处理这些端点以计算与用户对橡胶垫的操纵相对应的符号的方向和速度。

    Method of selecting a displayed control item
    7.
    发明授权
    Method of selecting a displayed control item 失效
    选择显示的控制项的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5805165A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-08

    申请号:US521963

    申请日:1995-08-31

    IPC分类号: G06F3/033 G06F3/048 G06F15/00

    摘要: A method that enables focus to be given to a displayed control item when a cursor is positioned within a predetermining activating area outside of the outer edges of the displayed control item. More particularly, the computer-implemented method for selecting a displayed control item on a display screen which includes the steps of: displaying a cursor on the display screen; displaying a control item on the display screen; providing an area extending around the control menu item; and providing focus to the control item when the cursor is positioned within the area extending around the control item. Preferably, the area extending around the control item is not visible on the display screen. With respect to the dimensions of the area extending around the control item, the dimensions preferably are (height H+constant C1) by (length L+constant C2), where H is the dimension defining the height of the control item and L is the dimension defining the length of the control item. If control items have overlapping activation zones, a weighting scheme is used to select the appropriate control item.

    摘要翻译: 当光标位于所显示的控制项目的外边缘之外的预定激活区域内时,使得可以对所显示的控制项目赋予焦点的方法。 更具体地,涉及用于在显示屏幕上选择显示的控制项目的计算机实现的方法,包括以下步骤:在显示屏幕上显示光标; 在显示屏上显示控制项; 提供围绕所述控制菜单项延伸的区域; 并且当光标位于围绕控制项目延伸的区域内时,将焦点提供给控制项目。 优选地,在控制项目周围延伸的区域在显示屏幕上是不可见的。 对于围绕控制项目延伸的区域的尺寸,尺寸优选为(高度H +常数C1)(长度L +常数C2),其中H是限定控制项目的高度的尺寸,L是 定义控件项的长度的维度。 如果控制项具有重叠的激活区域,则使用加权方案来选择适当的控制项。

    STRUCTURE BUILDING TOY
    10.
    发明申请
    STRUCTURE BUILDING TOY 审中-公开
    结构建筑玩具

    公开(公告)号:US20090093182A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-09

    申请号:US11868395

    申请日:2007-10-05

    IPC分类号: A63H33/06

    CPC分类号: A63H33/008 A63H33/044

    摘要: A toy structure building apparatus includes a plurality of connector members attached to a plurality of structural members. Each connector member has a pin portion and a retention element located on an external surface of the pin portion. The apparatus further includes a plurality of connectors, each connector having an aperture for receiving the pin portion of a connector member and a detent member disposed within the aperture. The detent member is adapted to lockingly engage the retention element and includes a flexible elongated locking element extending in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis of the pin portion when the detent member is lockingly engaged to the retention element. The pin portion is selectively insertable into the aperture to couple and uncouple the structural members to each other to build a toy structure.

    摘要翻译: 一种玩具结构建筑装置,包括附接到多个结构构件的多个连接器构件。 每个连接器构件具有销部分和位于销部分的外表面上的保持元件。 该装置还包括多个连接器,每个连接器具有用于接收连接器构件的销部分的孔和设置在孔内的止动构件。 止动构件适于锁定地接合保持元件并且包括柔性细长锁定元件,当棘爪构件锁定地接合到保持元件时,柔性细长锁定元件在基本上平行于销部分的中心轴线的方向上延伸。 销部分可选择性地插入到孔中以将结构构件彼此联接和分离以构建玩具结构。