Method, apparatus and system for controlling focus on TV interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532098-B2
Application number	US-201314648648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2013
Priority date	Nov 29, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Provided are a method, apparatus and system for controlling a focus on a television interface. The method includes that a remote control device generates a movement event and a corresponding movement path and notifies a TV controller, and the TV controller determines the location of a moved focus according to the movement event and the movement path. Through the technology for controlling a focus on a television interface, a button can be pressed for reduced times, the focus can be controlled in any direction conveniently, quickly and flexibly, and the user experience can be improved effectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a focus on a Television (TV) interface, comprising:
generating, by a touch remote control device, a movement event and a movement path and notifying a TV controller of the movement event and the movement path;
determining, by the TV controller, a location of a moved focus according to the movement event and the movement path, wherein the focus determines which interface control is used for receiving information input by an input de…

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Chen Jie
• Zhu Xingchang

Classifications

• G06F3/0383 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08C23/04

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08C17/02

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08C2201/32

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2203/0384

  Physics · mapped topic