| 摘要 |
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, set top box (STB) having a controller to record one or more soft key preferences associated with a user of the STB for each of a plurality of media presentation states of a media communication system, receive a request for presentation of a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with one of the media presentation states, select one or more soft keys according to the one or more soft key preferences assigned to the requested media presentation state, and present the selected one or more soft keys in the GUI. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
recording, by a set top box, soft key preferences associated with a user of the set top box for a group of graphical user interfaces for managing a corresponding one of an electronic programming guide, a video-on-demand catalog, a set top box help guide, a personal content library, and a web portal, wherein the recording of the soft key preferences is based on user input indicating keys that have been determined to be likely to be utilized; receiving, by the set top box, a request for presentation of a graphical user interface of the group of graphical user interfaces; monitoring, by the set top box, navigation activity at the graphical user interface; determining, by the set top box from the navigation activity, a usage pattern by utilizing correlation pattern recognition that identifies a combination of key strokes which performs a plurality of functions; generating, by the set top box, a soft key based on the usage pattern and according to the soft key preferences, wherein the soft key combines the plurality of functions; and presenting, by the set top box, the graphical user interface including the soft key. |
