Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigation method and system to provide a navigation interface
- Patent Title (中): 导航方法和系统提供导航界面
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Application No.: US12342971Application Date: 2008-12-23
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Publication No.: US08196174B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: David Piepenbrink , Lee M. Chow , James T. Sofos
- Applicant: David Piepenbrink , Lee M. Chow , James T. Sofos
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin Meles & Gust, PLC
- Agent Pablo Meles
- Main IPC: H04N7/10
- IPC: H04N7/10 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N7/16

Abstract:
A set-top box device includes a processor and memory accessible to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) at a television coupled to the set-top box device. The GUI includes a bread crumb trail having a selectable category. The memory also includes instructions executable by the processor to receive a signal from a remote control device associated with the set-top box device, the television, or a combination thereof, the signal indicating a selection of the selectable category of the bread crumb trail. Further, the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the GUI to display, in response to the signal, a menu including the selectable category and a peer category related to the selectable category. The menu automatically becomes navigable via directional keys at the remote control device when the menu is displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100162319A1 Navigation Method and System to Provide a Navigation Interface Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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