EP1356398A1 - Device for displaying a browser comprising specific zones - Google Patents
Device for displaying a browser comprising specific zonesInfo
- Publication number
- EP1356398A1 EP1356398A1 EP02700339A EP02700339A EP1356398A1 EP 1356398 A1 EP1356398 A1 EP 1356398A1 EP 02700339 A EP02700339 A EP 02700339A EP 02700339 A EP02700339 A EP 02700339A EP 1356398 A1 EP1356398 A1 EP 1356398A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- display
- zone
- area
- address
- displaying
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
- H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
- H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
- H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
- H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
- H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
- H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
- H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/47—End-user applications
- H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
- H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N7/00—Television systems
- H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
- H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
- H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only
Definitions
- Display device of a browser comprising specific zones
- Internet browsers are not only located on computers but also on televisions and digital decoders.
- a digital decoder or a television we will offer the possibility of optimizing the display area of the HTML page (Internet window) as best as possible through a user interface dedicated to the world of television.
- the behavior of the user of a digital decoder or of a television set is not the same as that of the user of a computer.
- the definition of a television screen is not as good as that of a computer screen.
- the browser user interface must therefore always offer the same functionality while taking these differences and constraints into account.
- PC browsers offer a menu, a toolbar and a URL entry bar with a fixed display area.
- the object of the present invention is to provide the functionalities essential for navigation.
- the user interface offered allows the user to enlarge his window for Internet access.
- the invention provides a display device comprising means for displaying a status area, means for displaying a tool area, means for displaying an address entry area, and an area display characterized in that it comprises means for activating each display means of the zones by user commands.
- the present invention allows the user to configure the elements displayed during the execution of the browser using a command developed by the user, these elements disappearing as soon as they no longer become necessary. In this way, the display area is optimized.
- FIG. 1 a diagram of a receiver for implementing the invention
- FIG. 4 a screen appearance showing the address entry bar.
- the diagram in FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of a digital television receiver 1 according to the invention.
- the decoder 1 comprises a central unit 20 for example a microprocessor or a specialized circuit, connected to the other elements by an internal communication bus 21.
- the main elements connected to the bus are: a read-only program memory 22 containing inter alia the program executable at power-up, a RAM type working memory 23, a programmable non-volatile memory 24 containing data for example, downloaded screen pages and / or executable code, a connector such as a SCART or SCART socket 25 to communicate with the television, a unidirectional communication interface 26 for receiving and processing the signals received by the antenna 3, a bidirectional communication interface 27 typically a modem connected to the telephone network which is connected to the return channel and an infrared receiver 28 receiving so known to the signals of a remote control.
- the communication interface 27 is capable of accessing a network such as the Internet. During a connection request, the interface 27 indicates to the central unit 20 whether the connection is made or not.
- a character generator integrated into the TV interface allows the generation of control menus or graphics relating to the receiver's parameters or to a particular application. This character generator and graphic menu is preferably in the form of software written in the read-only memory 22. It can also be produced in the form of a specialized circuit.
- the video signal generated by this character generator is multiplexed with one of the video signals coming from a video decoder to a first Scart socket (SCART socket) connected to the television 2.
- SCART socket first Scart socket
- the decoder is integrated into the television, which allows it to use certain modules already present, such as the tuner and / or the infrared receiver 28 with its remote control.
- the user interface is graphically represented by an area at the bottom of the screen so as not to interfere with navigation and viewing.
- the ZE status bar presents the user with the status of the connection of his receiver (loading of a page in progress, connection in progress, ...) and possibly the activity of the network.
- the status bar is constantly present on the screen.
- the ZE status bar is in the form of a text zone, containing a text displaying the information useful to the user, and possibly icons representing with the help of a symbol the activity of the browser.
- GOTO (icon *?): This feature allows you to display the address entry bar, functionality accessible directly from a key on the remote control or the keyboard.
- BACK (icon: this function allows you to go back in the tree of loaded pages, functionality accessible directly from a key on the remote control or the keyboard.
- STOP (icon M): this functionality allows you to stop loading a page, functionality accessible directly from a key on the remote control or the keyboard.
- the customer can always add new functionalities by means of a button in the toolbar so as not to increase the space taken up by the user interface at the expense of the display dedicated to information coming from the Internet".
- the ZAd address introduction bar allows the user to enter the precise address label of the site to which the user wants to connect. In the Internet world, this address is called a URL (from the English "Universal Resource Locator").
- the address introduction bar appears above the toolbar, by clicking on a button on the toolbar (GOTO functionality described above) or a dedicated key on the remote control or keyboard. In this way, the address entry bar is displayed instead of part of the display area at the bottom. The upper part of the display area is not hidden, only the lower part, which generally contains less important information, is hidden. The bar disappears automatically as soon as the address is taken into account by the browser for loading. This disappearance increases the useful display space for data downloaded from the Internet.
- connection site informs the user of his identity. If the connection did not go well, the bar also disappears. The user realizes the connection failure by the fact that no information relating to the site appears, the content of the display area remains unchanged.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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FR0100907 | 2001-01-22 | ||
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PCT/FR2002/000221 WO2002057952A1 (en) | 2001-01-22 | 2002-01-21 | Device for displaying a browser comprising specific zones |
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- 2002-01-21 PL PL02362775A patent/PL362775A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2002-01-21 WO PCT/FR2002/000221 patent/WO2002057952A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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