Techniques for a display navigation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10212484-B2
Application number	US-201113819310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2011
Priority date	Aug 27, 2010
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

In an embodiment, a plurality of categories may be presented in a first ribbon on an electronic display. The plurality of categories may be scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the first ribbon. A category positioned in the active category slot may be determined from the plurality of categories. A plurality of media objects may be presented based on the category. The plurality of media objects may be positioned in a second ribbon and scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the second ribbon. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:
present a multimedia stream on an electronic display;
present a plurality of categories in a first ribbon on the electronic display, the plurality of categories scrollable through an active category slot in a fixed position in the first ribbon, the first ribbon parallel and adjacent to a first edge of the electronic display and disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream;
determine a category positioned in the active category slot from the plurality of categories;
present a plurality of media objects based on the category, the plurality of media objects positioned in a second ribbon and scrollable through an active media object slot in a fixed position in the second ribbon, the second ribbon parallel and adjacent to a second edge of the electronic display and disposed between the second edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the first edge substantially perpendicular to the second edge;
determine a media object position in the active media object slot from the plurality of media objects;
present an information panel with information based on the media object, the information panel disposed adjacent to the second ribbon and the multimedia stream, the information panel to indicate information based on one or more of the media object or the multimedia stream;
present a plurality of subcategories in a third ribbon based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the third ribbon, the third ribbon parallel and adjacent to the first ribbon and the information panel, the fixed position in the third ribbon adjacent to the fixed position in the first ribbon; and
resize the multimedia stream such that the first ribbon, the information panel, and the third ribbon are disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream and the information panel, the first ribbon, the second ribbon, and the third ribbon do not overlap the multimedia stream.

2. The article of claim 1 , the active category slot of the third ribbon adjacent to the active category slot of the first ribbon, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
present an action menu with one or more action items, the action menu disposed proximate to the information panel, the third ribbon, the multimedia stream, and the second ribbon.

3. The article of claim 2 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
present the action menu with a first action item of the one or more action items based on the multimedia stream;
present the action menu with a second action item of the one or more action items based on the category;
present the action menu with a third action item of the one or more action items based on the media object; and
present the action menu with a fourth action item of the one or more action items based on a subcategory of the plurality of subcategories currently in the active subcategory slot.

4. The article of claim 3 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to determine a category from the plurality of categories comprises instructions that when executed enable a system to determine a category based on a first gesture from a user.

5. The article of claim 4 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:
determine a media object from the plurality of media objects based on a second gesture from the user.

6. The article of claim 5 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
determine a subcategory positioned in the active subcategory slot from the plurality of subcategories; and
present the plurality of media objects which are positioned in the second ribbon, based at least in part on the subcategory.

7. The article of claim 6 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
present the third ribbon concurrently on the electronic display, together with the first ribbon.

8. The article of claim 6 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
present the third ribbon disposed between the first ribbon and the multimedia stream.

9. The article of claim 6 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to:
move, resize, or move and resize at least one of the multimedia stream or another object presented on the electronic display, to prevent the third ribbon from overlapping the multimedia stream and/or the another object, on the electronic display.

10. The article of claim 1 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:
present a cursor in the second ribbon;
receive a back input command from a user; and
responsive to receipt of the back input command, present the cursor in the first ribbon to allow a user to select a new category.

11. The article of claim 1 , the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:
enlarge a size of the category positioned in the active category slot.

12. A method comprising:
presenting a multimedia stream on an electronic display;
presenting a plurality of categories in a first ribbon on the electronic display, the first ribbon parallel and adjacent to a first edge of the electronic display and disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the categories scrollable through an active category slot positioned in a defined position in the first ribbon;
determining a category positioned in the active category slot from the plurality of categories;
presenting a plurality of media objects in a second ribbon based on the category, the second ribbon parallel and adjacent to a second edge of the electronic display and disposed between the second edge of the electronic display and the multimedia stream, the first edge perpendicular to the second edge, the plurality of media objects scrollable through an active media object slot in a defined position in the second ribbon;
determining a media object position in the active media object slot from the plurality of media objects;
presenting information in an information panel based on the media objects disposed adjacent to the second ribbon and the multimedia stream, the information panel to indicate information based on one or more of the media object or the multimedia stream, and, wherein the first ribbon and the second ribbon do not overlap the multimedia stream;
presenting a plurality of subcategories in a third ribbon based on the category positioned in the active category slot, the plurality of subcategories scrollable through an active subcategory slot in a fixed position in the third ribbon, the third ribbon parallel and adjacent to the first ribbon and the information panel, the fixed position in the third ribbon adjacent to the fixed position in the first ribbon; and
resizing the multimedia stream such that the first ribbon, the information panel, and the third ribbon are disposed between the first edge of the electronic display and the mult

Assignees

• Ferren Bran
• Jasmann Schawn A
• Booth Cory J
• Bell Genevieve
• Andersen David B
• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Ferren Bran
• Jasmann Schawn A
• Booth Cory J
• Bell Genevieve
• Andersen David B

Classifications

• H04N21/4333

  Processing operations in response to a pause request · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G08C19/00

  Electric signal transmission systems (G08C17/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• H04N21/4147

  PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40}) · CPC title