Television user interface

a television display and user interface technology, applied in the execution of user interfaces, selective content distribution, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as variable latency, and achieve the effect of avoiding rapid flickering or jumping of highlights during scrolling

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-06-20
SKY CP LTD
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[0009]During EPG scrolling, a position indicator may remain fixed in a horizontal direction until a time boundary of the EPG is reached, at which point the position indicator may move to the end of the time boundary. This allows the user to focus on a specific part of the

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Periodic samples of touch positions are time stamped only when they are received at the receiver, which can lead to

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[0027]Television Display Apparatus

[0028]In this section, a satellite broadcast receiver is described as an example of apparatus on which a television display may be implemented. It is not intended as limiting to the scope of the invention. Other types of television display apparatus may include cable TV or Internet TV (IPTV) apparatus, and the receiver may include a plurality of different types of such apparatus. Additionally, the display apparatus may be any other audio / visual display apparatus, such as a personal computer, configured to receive and display television signals.

[0029]FIG. 1 shows a satellite broadcast receiver 3 for receiving television signals from a satellite television broadcast network. In this example, received signals are input to first and second tuners 10a and 10b but any number of tuners may be used in the receiver 3; for example, 8 or 16 different tuners may be provided. The received signals may comprise multiplexed channels. The tuners 10a and 10b are tune...

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A user interface for a television display includes a remote control with a touch pad. The remote control communicates wirelessly with a receiver. Periodic samples of touch positions are time stamped only when they are received at the receiver, and the timestamps are quantized to the interval of the periodic samples. The response of the user interface to gestures may be determined by a set of cascaded style sheets. Directional gestures may be used to skip forward or backward by a relative time during playback. During EPG scrolling, a position indicator may remain fixed in a horizontal direction until a time boundary of the EPG is reached, at which point the position indicator may move to the end of the time boundary. When scrolling programme items, an item may remain highlighted until it scrolls off the display, at which point the highlighting disappears until scrolling is complete. During scrolling, multiple directional gestures may be used to increase speed of scrolling. A swipe and hold gesture may be used to control the speed of scrolling, which is dependent on the length of time of the hold.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to user interfaces for television displays, and to apparatus, methods and computer programs for implementing such user interfaces, particularly but not exclusively using a remote control.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Electronic programme guides (EPGs) provide a user interface for the display of television programmes, such as audio and video programmes, to the user. Interactive EPGs allow the user to select programmes for viewing and / or recording. Examples of known EPGs include those provided with the Sky™ and Sky+™ set-top boxes. Aspects of those EPGs are described in WO-A-96 / 37996, WO-A-99 / 66721 and WO-A-2009 / 050489.[0003]EPGs are typically designed for display on a television (TV) screen, and are therefore limited by the resolution of that screen. With the advent of High Definition TV (HDTV), higher resolution EPGs are possible. However, the number of different channels available continues to increase and the user must t...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N21/422H04N21/482G06F17/22H04N21/472H04N21/431
CPCH04N21/42224H04N21/4821G06F17/227H04N21/47217H04N21/4312H04N21/4314G06F3/038G06F3/04883G06F3/03547G06F3/04842G06F3/04812G06F3/0488G06F9/451H04N21/4222G06F3/0416G06F3/0485G06F3/04847H04N21/422H04N21/42209H04N21/41265H04N21/42204G06F40/154
Inventor COENEN, ROBHEANLEY, JULIEN
Owner SKY CP LTD
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