Content-sensitive and context-sensitive user interface for an intelligent television

摘要

An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces' layout, aspect ratio of elements, display of elements, and size of selectable images are dependent on the type of content presented. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.

主权项

1. A method for providing multiple types of user interfaces in an intelligent television, the method comprising:
receiving a selection for the user interface, wherein the user interface provides content; determining a type of content to provide; determining a type of user interface based on the type of content to provide, wherein a first type of content corresponds to a first user interface, a second type of content corresponds to a second user interface, and a third type of content corresponds to a third user interface; providing the first user interface for the first type of content, wherein the first user interface is a Fibonacci spiral comprising two or more thumbnails, wherein each of the thumbnails has a different aspect ratio based on a position of the thumbnail in the Fibonacci spiral, and wherein the position and aspect ratio is based on a characteristic of the content; providing the second user interface for the second type of content, wherein the second user interface is a timeline view comprising two or more thumbnails arranged along the timeline view, wherein the timeline view includes a date marker, and wherein the two or more thumbnails are organized by a time characteristic on the timeline view; and providing the third user interface for the third type of content.