WO2001095054A3 - User interface for personalized access to internet-enabled television - Google Patents

User interface for personalized access to internet-enabled television Download PDF

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WO2001095054A3
WO2001095054A3 PCT/US2001/011020 US0111020W WO0195054A3 WO 2001095054 A3 WO2001095054 A3 WO 2001095054A3 US 0111020 W US0111020 W US 0111020W WO 0195054 A3 WO0195054 A3 WO 0195054A3
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Paul Allen
Anthony Istvan
Armando Stettner
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Digeo Broadband Inc
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Abstract

A personalized user interface (UI) to an Internet-enabled TV may include personalized category (2002) and content (2004) areas and a personal monitoring (2006) area. In accordance with an embodiment, the areas of the personalized UI may be arranged in a L-shaped configuration, and the features within the areas may be readily navigated using arrow buttons on a remote control. For example, up and down arrows may be used to navigate among the features in the personal monitoring area (2006), while the left and right arrows may be used to navigate among the categories in the personalized category area (2002).
PCT/US2001/011020 2000-06-08 2001-04-04 User interface for personalized access to internet-enabled television WO2001095054A2 (en)

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