Systems and methods for presenting home screen shortcuts

Systems and methods for presenting home screen shortcuts are disclosed. The method includes receiving a selection of shortcuts to a plurality of applications of at least two different types availablefor execution on a television device and presenting those shortcuts on a unified home screen user interface displayed on a TV screen or a second screen device. The method also includes responding to auser selection of one of the shortcuts by causing execution of the application associated with the shortcut, including in some instances effecting an intent (e.g., causing the associated applicationto achieve a state associated with the shortcut's intent). The different application types include applications, TV channels, websites, games, email, and widgets, such as a search widget. 公开了用于呈现主屏幕快捷方式的方法和系统。该方法包括接收对针对可用于在电视设备上执行的至少两种不同类型的多个应用的快捷方式的选择；以及在电视屏幕或第二屏幕设备上显示的统一主屏幕用户界面上呈现那些快捷方式。该方法还包括通过促使对与快捷方式中的一个相关联的应用的执行，包括在一些情况下实现意图(例如，促使相关联的应用实现与该快捷方式的意图相关联的状态)，来对对该快捷方式的用户选择作出响应。不同的应用类型包括应用、电视频道、网站、游戏、电子邮件以及小组件，诸如搜索小组件。