Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Home menu interface for displaying content viewing options
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Application No.: US15153259Application Date: 2016-05-12
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Publication No.: US10212481B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Maxel J. Keene , Jonathan Gaiser , Sophia Heeyoun Sung , Chris Turkstra , Margaret Smith , Avner Ronen
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Main IPC: H04N21/482
- IPC: H04N21/482 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0488 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/443 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/472

Abstract:
A method of displaying a home menu interface on a content viewing device, such as a television, is described. The interface is comprised of two components: a launcher and an accelerator. Each of these components include multiple tiles. One type of launcher tile represents a content source. The user can select this tile and enable a direct link to the content source application. Only after selecting the tile, does the content source application open. An accelerator is associated with a specific content source. An accelerator tile displays content previews or enables easy playback of content provided by the content source. The user can select an accelerator tile and enable a deep link to the content, taking the user straight to the content, bypassing a hierarchy of menu options.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170070786A1 HOME MENU INTERFACE FOR CONTENT VIEWING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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