USER INTERFACE SCREEN SPOTLIGHT EFFECT

USER INTERFACE SCREEN SPOTLIGHT EFFECT

An electronic program guide (EPG) having a spotlight effect to focus a user's attention upon a selectable item. The EPG includes a user interface screen for providing a plurality of television programs by time and channel in a grid format. Each television program becomes selectable from the EPG...

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Hauptverfasser: BALASUBRAMANIAN, SANKARANARAYANAN, NATARAJAN, KALYANI, CHICLES, CHRISTIAN THOMAS, MANOHARAN, RAJA THANGA RATHNAM
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:An electronic program guide (EPG) having a spotlight effect to focus a user's attention upon a selectable item. The EPG includes a user interface screen for providing a plurality of television programs by time and channel in a grid format. Each television program becomes selectable from the EPG based upon user interaction. The spotlight effect is depicted in association with each television program when it becomes selectable as a result of user interaction. The spotlight effect is defined by non-uniform color which at least partially surrounds and extends from the selectable television program.