Television viewer interface system

摘要

A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
presenting a menu comprising a listing of programs that have been recorded to one or more storage devices, in which each of the programs is selectable for viewing; determining that a first set of one or more programs will be deleted from the one or more storage devices within a first particular period of time; presenting, with each particular program in the listing of the programs that is also in the first set, a first indicator that the particular program will be deleted within the first particular period of time; receiving input selecting a particular program in the first set of one or more programs; responsive to the input, displaying a menu comprising:
a control for selecting to view the particular program immediately;a control for selecting to delete the particular program immediately; anda control for selecting to save the particular program until deleted by a user; wherein the method is performed by one or more computer devices.