Platform agnostic UI/UX and human interaction paradigm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9779097-B2
Application number	US-201213442525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2012
Priority date	Apr 28, 2011
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of controlling a user interface can include: displaying first objects in a foreground on a display screen, where each first object represents media content, and where the first objects are displayed with a first display characteristic; accepting a signal indicating user selection of one of the first objects; displaying media content for the selected object in a background on the display screen, where the media content is displayed in the background with a second display characteristic, where the second display characteristic includes a changed cinematic characteristic from the first display characteristic in order to reduce attraction of attention for the second display characteristic relative to the first display characteristic; and displaying second objects in the foreground on the display screen, where the second objects are associated with the selected object, and where the second objects are displayed with the first display characteristic.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a user interface, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of first objects in a foreground on a display screen, wherein each of the plurality of first objects represents media content, wherein the plurality of first objects are displayed with a first display characteristic;
accepting, by a computing device, a signal indicating user selection of an object from the plurality of first objects;
displaying, in response to the signal indicating user selection, media content for the selected object in a background on the display screen while the plurality of first objects remains displayed in the foreground, wherein the media content is displayed in the background with a second display characteristic comprising a changed cinematic characteristic from the first display characteristic; and
displaying a plurality of second objects in the foreground on the display screen, wherein the plurality of second objects are associated with the selected object, wherein the plurality of second objects are displayed with the first display characteristic, and wherein the plurality of second objects and the plurality of first objects overlie the media content while the media content is displayed in the background layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first objects and the plurality of second objects form a menu hierarchy, and wherein the plurality of second objects comprises a plurality of menu items related to the media content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises blurring the display of the media content relative to the display of plurality of second objects.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises fading the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises flattening the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises a changed cinematic depth of field for the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising changing a color of the background based on a type of the media content for the selected object.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the color comprises:
red when the media content type comprises video;
blue when the media content type comprises a game;
green when the media content type comprises text; and
yellow when the media content type comprises an application list.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accepting, by the computing device, a signal indicating user selection of a default menu; and
displaying a plurality of third objects for the default menu on the display screen.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying the plurality of first objects comprises a highlight-driven display.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors; and
logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors, and when executed being operable to perform:
displaying a plurality of first objects in a foreground on a display screen, wherein each of the plurality of first objects represents media content, wherein the plurality of first objects are displayed with a first display characteristic;
accepting a signal indicating user selection of an object from the plurality of first objects;
displaying, in response to the signal indicating user selection, media content for the selected object in a background on the display screen while the plurality of first objects remains displayed in the foreground, wherein the media content is displayed in the background with a second display characteristic comprising a changed cinematic characteristic from the first display characteristic; and
displaying a plurality of second objects in the foreground on the display screen, wherein the plurality of second objects are associated with the selected object, wherein the plurality of second objects are displayed with the first display characteristic, and wherein the plurality of second objects and the plurality of first objects overlie the media content while the media content is displayed in the background layer.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of first objects and the plurality of second objects form a menu hierarchy, and wherein the plurality of second objects comprises a plurality of menu items related to the media content.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises blurring the display of the media content relative to the display of plurality of second objects.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises fading the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises flattening the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the changed cinematic characteristic comprises a changed cinematic depth of field for the display of the media content relative to the display of the plurality of second objects.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is further operable to perform changing a color of the background based on a type of the media content for the selected object.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is further operable to perform:
accepting a signal indicating user selection of a default menu; and
displaying a plurality of third objects for the default menu on the display screen.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the displaying the plurality of first objects comprises a highlight-driven display.

20. A system for controlling a user interface, the system comprising:
means for displaying a plurality of first objects in a foreground on a display screen, wherein each of the plurality of first objects represents media content, wherein the plurality of first objects are displayed with a first display characteristic;
means for accepting, by a computing device, a signal indicating user selection of an object from the plurality of first objects;
means for displaying, in response to the signal indicating user selection, media content for the selected object in a background on the display screen while the plurality of first objects remains displayed in the foreground, wherein the media content is displayed in the background with a second display characteristic comprising a changed cinematic characteristic from the first display characteristic; and
means for displaying a plurality of second objects in the foreground on the display screen, wherein the plurality of second objects are associated with the selected object, wherein the plurality of second objects are displayed with the first display characteristic, and wherein the plurality of second objects and the plurality of first objects overlie the media content while the media content is displayed in the background layer.

21. An apparatus for providing a user interface, the apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a display screen coupled to the processor;
one or more instructions included in a tangible storage device and executed by the processor for:
displaying a background layer

Assignees

• Arriola George
• Schwesig Carsten
• Bauerly Michael
• Sony Corp
• Sony Network Entertainment Int Llc

Inventors

• Arriola George
• Schwesig Carsten
• Bauerly Michael

Classifications

• G06F16/44 Primary

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor · CPC title

• G06F17/30058 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic