公开(公告)号：US20170251266A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15594902

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: TiVo Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Howard Look ,  Robert Vallone ,  David Avraham Brown ,  Karen Bedard ,  Wijnand Van Stam ,  Ain McKendrick

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/431

CPC classification number: H04N21/47217 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/455 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N9/7921 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N9/8063 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4882

Abstract: A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.

公开(公告)号：US10587925B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US15594902

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: TiVo Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Howard Look ,  Robert Vallone ,  David Avraham Brown ,  Karen Bedard ,  Wijnand Van Stam ,  Ain McKendrick

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/472 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N9/79 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N9/806 ,  H04N9/82 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/488

Abstract: A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.