公开(公告)号：US20130073999A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-21

申请号：US13621072

申请日：2012-09-15

申请人： Arthur Frederick Swanson ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Christy Jill Reed ,  Eric Robert Wald ,  Maxwell Adam Ross

发明人： Arthur Frederick Swanson ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Christy Jill Reed ,  Eric Robert Wald ,  Maxwell Adam Ross

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/0482

摘要： Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen.

摘要翻译： 工具栏沿着手持计算设备的显示器的侧边缘提供。 工具栏包括表示应用程序功能的图标。 用户可以通过触摸显示器上的图标与应用程序交互。 由于移动计算设备通常保持在设备的侧面，所以导航和激活按钮非常接近用户拇指的自然位置。 当与应用程序交互时，工具栏与拇指的接近度提高了效率和准确性。 可以以展开状态显示工具栏，使得可以显示文本标签以标识每个图标表示的应用特征。 工具栏还可以包括显示由图标表示的任何应用特征的附加信息的功能，而不将应用远离当前屏幕。

公开(公告)号：US20090125942A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-14

申请号：US11920487

申请日：2006-05-05

申请人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

发明人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

IPC分类号： H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/42692 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/485

摘要： A method and apparatus provide an on-screen program guide that uses its space in an efficient manner by shifting program information within the program guide by relatively small time increments. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory operative to store data that enables the program guide. A processor is operative to enable display of a portion of the program guide including program information covering a first time interval including a current time. The program guide has time information in a first axis and channel information in a second axis. The processor is further operative to cause the program information to be shifted along the first axis by a second time interval if an elapsed time equals the second time interval. The second time interval is less than thirty minutes.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置提供了一种屏幕上的节目指南，其以有效的方式使用其空间，通过以相对小的时间增量在节目指南内移动节目信息。 根据示例性实施例，该装置包括可操作地存储启用节目指南的数据的存储器。 处理器可操作以使得能够显示节目指南的一部分，其中包括涵盖包括当前时间的第一时间间隔的节目信息。 节目指南具有第一轴的时间信息和第二轴中的频道信息。 如果经过时间等于第二时间间隔，则处理器还可操作以使节目信息沿第一轴移动第二时间间隔。 第二个时间间隔小于三十分钟。

公开(公告)号：US20120036471A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-09

申请号：US13198056

申请日：2011-08-04

申请人： Arthur Frederick Swanson ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Christy Jill Reed ,  Eric Robert Wald ,  Maxwell Adam Ross

发明人： Arthur Frederick Swanson ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Christy Jill Reed ,  Eric Robert Wald ,  Maxwell Adam Ross

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/0482

摘要： Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen.

摘要翻译： 工具栏沿着手持计算设备的显示器的侧边缘提供。 工具栏包括表示应用程序功能的图标。 用户可以通过触摸显示器上的图标与应用程序交互。 由于移动计算设备通常保持在设备的侧面，所以导航和激活按钮非常接近用户拇指的自然位置。 当与应用程序交互时，工具栏与拇指的接近度提高了效率和准确性。 可以以展开状态显示工具栏，使得可以显示文本标签以标识每个图标表示的应用特征。 工具栏还可以包括显示由图标表示的任何应用特征的附加信息的功能，而不将应用远离当前屏幕。

公开(公告)号：US20090037957A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-05

申请号：US11990359

申请日：2006-08-09

申请人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

发明人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

IPC分类号： H04N5/50 ,  H04N7/00

CPC分类号： H04H60/43 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H40/18 ,  H04H2201/60 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/44222

摘要： An apparatus such as a mobile television signal receiver includes a channel history feature. Methods for adding channels to the channel history, tuning channels from the channel history, and generally maintaining the channel history are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for adding a channel to channel history includes a step of adding a selected channel to the channel history if the channel meets a criterion. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for tuning channels includes steps of receiving a useable program signal from a first channel, testing for presence of a useable program from a second channel without interrupting the receiving step, and if the useable program signal from the second channel is detected, tuning the second channel. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for maintaining a channel history includes a step of maintaining a retrieved channel in the channel history if the useable program signal is present, and updating the channel history by replacing the retrieved channel with another channel if the useable program signal is not present.

摘要翻译： 诸如移动电视信号接收机的装置包括频道历史特征。 提供了将信道添加到信道历史，从信道历史调谐信道，以及通常保持信道历史的方法。 根据示例性实施例，用于将频道添加到频道历史的方法包括如果信道满足标准，则将所选频道添加到频道历史的步骤。 根据示例性实施例，一种用于调谐通道的方法包括以下步骤：从第一通道接收可用的程序信号，测试来自第二通道的可用程序的存在而不中断接收步骤，以及如果来自第二通道的可用程序信号 检测通道，调整第二通道。 根据示例性实施例，用于维护信道历史的方法包括：如果存在可用的节目信号，则保持在频道历史中的检索到的频道的步骤，以及如果可使用的节目通过用另一频道替换所检索的频道来更新频道历史 信号不存在。

公开(公告)号：US20080281867A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-13

申请号：US11884817

申请日：2005-12-01

申请人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

发明人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105

摘要： Playback list creation for digital programs in a digital device utilizes navigation path used to locate a particular digital program in a hierarchally-ordered grouping of digital programs, the grouping based on organization parameters of the digital program. The playback list is created from digital programs within the navigation path used to reach the selected digital program. The playback list may be shuffle-played or played in order. Playback of a different digital program causes changes to the navigation path, which then changes the playback list. In an MP3 player, for example, ID3 tag attributes are used as organization parameters to provide hierarchal grouping of digital audio files.

摘要翻译： 用于数字设备中的数字节目的播放列表创建利用用于以分层次序的数字节目分组来定位特定数字节目的导航路径，该分组基于数字节目的组织参数。 播放列表由用于到达所选数字节目的导航路径内的数字节目创建。 播放列表可以按顺序进行随机播放或播放。 播放不同的数字节目会导致导航路径的更改，然后更改播放列表。 例如，在MP3播放器中，ID3标签属性被用作组织参数以提供数字音频文件的分层分组。

公开(公告)号：US08769579B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US11990359

申请日：2006-08-09

申请人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

发明人： Scott Allan Kendall ,  Anthony Edward Stuart

IPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04H40/18

CPC分类号： H04H60/43 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H40/18 ,  H04H2201/60 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/44222

摘要： An apparatus such as a mobile television signal receiver includes a channel history feature. Methods for adding channels to the channel history, tuning channels from the channel history, and generally maintaining the channel history are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for adding a channel to channel history includes a step of adding a selected channel to the channel history if the channel meets a criterion. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for tuning channels includes steps of receiving a useable program signal from a first channel, testing for presence of a useable program from a second channel without interrupting the receiving step, and if the useable program signal from the second channel is detected, tuning the second channel. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for maintaining a channel history includes a step of maintaining a retrieved channel in the channel history if the useable program signal is present, and updating the channel history by replacing the retrieved channel with another channel if the useable program signal is not present.

摘要翻译： 诸如移动电视信号接收机的装置包括频道历史特征。 提供了将信道添加到信道历史，从信道历史调谐信道，以及通常保持信道历史的方法。 根据示例性实施例，用于将频道添加到频道历史的方法包括如果信道满足标准，则将所选频道添加到频道历史的步骤。 根据示例性实施例，一种用于调谐通道的方法包括以下步骤：从第一通道接收可用的程序信号，测试来自第二通道的可用程序的存在而不中断接收步骤，以及如果来自第二通道的可用程序信号 检测通道，调整第二通道。 根据示例性实施例，用于维护信道历史的方法包括：如果存在可用的节目信号，则保持在频道历史中的检索到的频道的步骤，以及如果可使用的节目通过用另一频道替换所检索的频道来更新频道历史 信号不存在。

公开(公告)号：US07917927B1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-29

申请号：US09868254

申请日：1999-12-22

申请人： Hugh Boyd Morrison ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Robert Joseph Logan ,  Charles Bryan Hunt ,  Megan Louise Brown ,  Jill Suzanne Allen

发明人： Hugh Boyd Morrison ,  Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Robert Joseph Logan ,  Charles Bryan Hunt ,  Megan Louise Brown ,  Jill Suzanne Allen

IPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173

摘要： A video processing apparatus may be controlled in response to selecting an advertisement displayed in connection with a productivity or communication application software program being operated on a video processing apparatus. The advertisement includes control information, which is used by the video processing apparatus to control an operating mode thereof. The control information may include both time and channel data as well as a recording data for programming a timer. Alternately, the control information may only include program data, which is passed to the electronic program guide to determine the time and channel information associated with the program data.

摘要翻译： 可以响应于选择与在视频处理设备上操作的生产力或通信应用软件程序一起显示的广告来控制视频处理设备。 广告包括由视频处理设备用于控制其操作模式的控制信息。 控制信息可以包括时间和频道数据以及用于编程定时器的记录数据。 或者，控制信息可以仅包括被传递到电子节目指南以确定与节目数据相关联的时间和频道信息的节目数据。

公开(公告)号：US20090158217A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-18

申请号：US12225991

申请日：2006-10-23

申请人： Anthony Edward Stuart

发明人： Anthony Edward Stuart

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： H04N5/44591 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  H04N21/42692 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/485

摘要： An apparatus (20) provides an on-screen menu system that enables users to navigate through the menu system while maintaining a mental map of where they are within the menu system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus (20) includes a memory (25) and a processor (24). The memory (25) stores data for the on-screen menu system. The processor (24) is operatively coupled to the memory (25) and enables display of a first menu of the on-screen menu system including a title displayed in a first size and a plurality of subtitles displayed in a second size. Each of the subtitles is associated with a different one of a plurality of submenus. The processor (24) receives a user input selecting a first one of the subtitles and, responsive to the user input, enables display of a first one of the submenus associated with the first subtitle with the first subtitle displayed in the first size and the title of the first menu displayed in the second size.

摘要翻译： 一种装置（20）提供了一种屏幕菜单系统，其使用户能够在维护菜单系统内它们在哪里的精神图上通过菜单系统导航。 根据示例性实施例，装置（20）包括存储器（25）和处理器（24）。 存储器（25）存储屏幕菜单系统的数据。 处理器（24）可操作地耦合到存储器（25）并且能够显示屏幕菜单系统的第一菜单，其包括以第一尺寸显示的标题和以第二尺寸显示的多个字幕。 每个字幕与多个子菜单中的不同的子菜单相关联。 处理器（24）接收选择第一个字幕的用户输入，并且响应于用户输入使得能够显示与第一字幕相关联的第一个子菜单，其中显示第一尺寸的第一字幕和标题 显示第二个大小的第一个菜单。

公开(公告)号：US20090055189A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US11887792

申请日：2005-04-14

申请人： Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe ,  Scott Allan Kendall

发明人： Anthony Edward Stuart ,  Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe ,  Scott Allan Kendall

IPC分类号： G10L21/00

CPC分类号： H04H20/106 ,  H04H60/48 ,  H04H60/58

摘要： A method, apparatus and system are provided for the automatic replacement of potentially objectionable audio content from an audio signal in real time. In one embodiment of the present invention, the selective filtering of objectionable audio content from an audio signal is accomplished by first marking objectionable audio content in the audio signal with filtering information that identifies the type of objectionable audio content (e.g., crude language, ethnic and racial slurs, cursing, strong profanity) and storing the filtering information and the corresponding location of the objectionable audio content for that particular audio signal. Objectionable audio content having filtering information corresponding to a stored replacement content code determined from a predetermined replacement setting is then automatically replaced with an audio clip corresponding to the replacement setting.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法，装置和系统，用于实时地从音频信号自动地替换潜在的令人反感的音频内容。 在本发明的一个实施例中，从音频信号中选择性地过滤令人反感的音频内容是通过首先在音频信号中标记令人反感的音频内容，其中过滤信息识别令人反感的音频内容的类型（例如，粗言语，民族和 种族诽谤，诅咒，强烈的亵渎性），并存储该特定音频信号的过滤信息和令人讨厌的音频内容的对应位置。 具有与根据预定替代设置确定的存储的替换内容代码相对应的过滤信息的不良音频内容然后被替换为与替换设置相对应的音频剪辑。