WO2007136397A1 - Système et procédé d'auto-adaptation d'une interface utilisateur en fonction de capacités matérielles - Google Patents

Système et procédé d'auto-adaptation d'une interface utilisateur en fonction de capacités matérielles Download PDF

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WO2007136397A1
WO2007136397A1 PCT/US2006/035879 US2006035879W WO2007136397A1 WO 2007136397 A1 WO2007136397 A1 WO 2007136397A1 US 2006035879 W US2006035879 W US 2006035879W WO 2007136397 A1 WO2007136397 A1 WO 2007136397A1
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Shyan-Ming Perng
Edward C. Drake
Hans E. Wald
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  • This invention relates to interactive television systems. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods for a user interface for an interactive, Internet Protocol television system.
  • a distinctive user interface may rely on advanced features such as animation, 3D graphics, etc., which are sensitive to underlying hardware capabilities. It is often desirable to support multiple hardware platforms, e.g., multiple set top boxes which can have disparate user interface capabilities.
  • a method includes determining a hardware capability of a user-interface supporting user device; determining a capability requirement of a user interface; and determining an optimal user interface for the user device based on the hardware capability and the capability requirement.
  • a method includes applying a self-adapting user interface to a declarative user interface framework, the self-adapting user interface including a plurality of user-interface specific markup files; determining a hardware capability of a user-interface supporting user device; determining a capability requirement of a specific user interface; determining an optimal specific user interface for the user device based on the hardware capability and the capability requirement; and downloading to the user device one or more user interface markup files corresponding to the optimal specific user interface
  • a program product stored on one or more computer readable devices includes code executable to cause a determination of a hardware capability of a user- interface supporting user device; code executable to cause a determination of a capability requirement of a user interface; and code executable to cause a determination of an optimal user interface for the user device based on the hardware capability and the capability requirement.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates exemplary hardware optimization for a system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary declarative user interface in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an exemplary system according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are flowcharts illustrating operation of embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6A-FIG. 6B illustrate an exemplary media distribution system that may be used in with a layered user interface system according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7A- FIG. 7B is a diagrammatic representation of a device and system that may be used to implement methods according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 a diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown and generally identified with the reference numeral 100.
  • the system 100 includes an optimization unit 116 coupled to or in communication with a hardware capability API 112, a capability requirement and fallback support unit 114, and a download unit 118. Also included is a declarative user interface framework (DUIF) 106, which can be implemented as a markup language 108 and library of markup files 110a-110n, to process the language. The DUIF 106 may also implement scripting in the markup language 108 and thus have custom extension capability. In some embodiments, the markup files 110a-110n represent various user interface "skins," as will be explained in greater detail below.
  • User devices such as user devices 102a, 102b may be coupled to or in communication with various components of the system 100.
  • the user devices 102a, 102b may be embodied as set top boxes (STB) (not shown), which may be coupled to or in communication with one or more televisions (not shown) for viewing or receiving the content.
  • STB set top boxes
  • the user devices 102a, 102b may include a user interface component 104a, 104b that can provide or modify content being provided to the television associated therewith (e.g., to display a menu of services or to select one or multiple channels from content provided by a third party).
  • the user devices 102a, 102b are connected to or in communication with one or more switched telephone network central offices (not shown) via, e.g., one or more DSL (digital subscriber line) lines.
  • DSL digital subscriber line
  • packet-switched IP data routing is used to provide information about viewer interactions (e.g., content selection, recording control, and other content viewing interactions), such as for viewers that are subscribers of a service providing various types of content and content-related services
  • the hardware capability API 112 may be implemented on one or more of the user devices 102a, 102b and operates to query the device as to its hardware capabilities. This can include, for example, CPU architecture and clock speed, total and available RAM, presence and size of hard disk or flash memory, operating system and version, etc.
  • the capabilities requirement unit 114 supports each user interface feature that can be implemented on the user devices of the system.
  • the capabilities requirement unit 114 thus can maintain a database including hardware requirements, for each feature; and priority and fallback support for each such feature; and directions on implementing features using specific hardware.
  • the hardware capability requirement can be phrased at the application level, e.g., in terms of being able to animate an area of size 200x100 pixels at a rate of 20 frames per second.
  • a fallback for a given animation or feature may be to simply show a blank screen for the feature. This information may be provided, for example, at the factory, or by a system administrator.
  • the optimization unit 116 receives inputs from the hardware capability API 112 and the capability requirement unit 114 implements one or more algorithms to map an application level advanced user interface requirement to the corresponding hardware requirement and evaluate whether a particular hardware configuration can support a given feature.
  • the declarative user interface framework 106 maintains a markup language and a plurality of markup files or skins 110a-110n. As will be explained in greater detail below, embodiments of the present invention allow for determining an optimal set of markup files to download to a particular user device, for use with the user interface.
  • the download unit 118 thus operates to download any user interface components and, in particular, as will be explained in greater detail below, serves to download user interface markup files or skins.
  • the capabilities requirement unit 114, optimization unit 116, download unit 118, and DUIF 106 may be maintained at one or more central servers, as will be explained in greater detail below.
  • FIG. 2 Shown in FIG. 2 is an exemplary (simplified) table 200 showing optimization unit 116 operation. Shown is a listing of available hardware 202. At 204, is a listing of values X, Y that the available hardware can take on, which may be input from the capabilities unit 114. In the case of CPU architecture, for example, such values can identify the CPU (e.g., Pentium, etc.). Shown at 206 and 208 are user interface features A and B, respectively, and their hardware requirements, which may be received via the hardware capability API 112. In the example shown, Feature A requires support level X and Feature B requires support level Y.
  • Feature A can be used at set top boxes implementing X features
  • Feature B can be implemented at set top boxes implementing Y hardware features.
  • the available hardware architectures and features will be relatively more complex.
  • the figure is exemplary only.
  • aspects of the present invention allow for deploying user interfaces without having to deploy the full software stack. This is accomplished through use of the declarative user interface framework (DUIF) 106.
  • the user interface description is separate from the code.
  • multiple versions of the user interface markup files (skin) based on different hardware capabilities may be provided.
  • the appropriate skin or markup file 110a-110n may then be downloaded to the set top box.
  • each platform needs only download and install the relevant skin, thereby minimizing resource usage.
  • one or more of the components of the system 100 may be connected to or in communication with each other via a communication network.
  • a communication network For example, turning now to FIG. 4, a system 150 including the components of the system 100 is illustrated, wherein some or all of the components are in communication via a network 122.
  • the network 122 may be or include the Internet, World Wide Web, a local area network, or some other public or private computer, cable, telephone, client/server, peer-to-peer, or communication network or intranet.
  • the communication network can also include other public and/or private wide area networks, local area networks, wireless networks, data communications networks, or connections, intranets, routers, satellite links, microwave links, cellular or telephone networks, radio links, fiber optic transmission lines, ISDN lines, T1 lines, DSL connections, etc.
  • communications include those enabled by wired or wireless technology.
  • some or all of the network 122 may be implemented using a TCP/IP network and may implement voice or multimedia over IP using, for example, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Recommendation H.323, or other protocol.
  • SIP Session Initiation Protocol
  • FIG. 5A illustrates a flowchart of operation of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the particular arrangement of elements in the flowchart 500 is not meant to imply a fixed order to the elements; embodiments can be practiced in any order that is practicable.
  • the hardware capability query API 112 queries a particular user device 102a, 102b for its hardware capabilities and provides the information to the optimization unit 116.
  • the capability requirement and fallback support unit 114 information is provided to the optimization unit 116.
  • the optimization unit 116 may receive any input priorities and/or fallbacks. In some embodiments, this information may be included in the information received from the capabilities unit 114.
  • the optimization unit 116 determines the optimal set of user interface features for the device.
  • the appropriate corresponding skins or markup files 110 are downloaded to the device using the download unit 118.
  • the markup files or skins may be downloaded using any suitable download technique, such as multicast or unicast.
  • FIG. 5B illustrates a flowchart of operation of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the particular arrangement of elements in the flowchart 550 is not meant to imply a fixed order to the elements; embodiments can be practiced in any order that is practicable.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • a process step 550 a graphical user interface (GUI) stack is defined, including a declarative user interface framework.
  • one or more DUIF markup file skins are defined. As discussed above, the skins may be provided for a variety of hardware capabilities or a variety of hardware configurations.
  • a GUI stack may be installed on a user device, such as a set top box. This may occur, for example, at the factory or prior to shipping to an end user.
  • the GUI-hardware optimization discussed herein may be performed.
  • the appropriate skin or markup file may be accessed and downloaded to the user device.
  • FIG. 6A depicts a representative environment according to the invention.
  • a network with ATM network backbone 600 This ATM network is capable of fiber data rates of OC3, OC 12, OC46, OC 192 or as is available in the art.
  • a plurality of content providers place information onto ATM network 600.
  • Typical sources of content served include broadcast information 602, Internet information 604, telenetwork 606, broadcast content 606, and video 610.
  • a plurality of ATM switches 612 interface with network 600 to receive and distribute data from the various content sources.
  • the requirements unit 114, optimization unit 116, and download unit 118, as well as the DUIF framework 106, may be implemented at the central plant.
  • DSL modems 614 connect via DSL twisted pair lines 616 to a plurality of modems 616 in various subscribers residences or establishments.
  • From a representative modem 616 there can be attached a telephone 620 and/or a television set which may include and associated set top box 622, and/or a computer 624.
  • the graphical user interface of embodiments of the present invention may thus be operable on or in association with devices such as telephone 620, television with set top box 622, and/or computer 624.
  • the hardware capabilities AP1 112 may be implemented on these devices.
  • FIG. 6B depicts an overview of a digital programming content distribution system according to a particular embodiment of the present invention.
  • One or more central channel server(s) 650 collect(s) information about available programming services distributed from a multiplicity of content providers 660. In a preferable embodiment, this information is multicast by the content providers using the session announcement protocol.
  • Channel server 660 maintains a channel list database 670 which tracks available content channel offerings and a subscriber database 680, which contains subscriber identifications and permitted channels for each subscriber. Subscribers 690 interact with central channel server 650 to obtain programming content information, and with content providers 660 to obtain programs.
  • the channel server 650 and content providers 660 may be co-located on the same machine, or may reside on separate machines.
  • the requirements unit 114, optimization unit 116, and download unit 118, as well as the DUIF framework 106 may be implemented at the central servers 650 and the subscriber 690 may implement the hardware capabilities query API 112. Thus, the subscribers 690 can communicate to receive the appropriate download skins.
  • subscriber database 680 and channel list database 670 may be co-located on the same machine, or may reside on separate machines. Thus, the figure is exemplary only.
  • a control unit 10 includes bus 12, which is shown schematically as a single bus, but can also be a number of buses such as a local bus and one or more expansion buses (e.g., ADB, SCSI, ISA, EISA, MCA, NuBus, or PCI), which interconnect subsystems such as a central processor 14, which may be an 80x89, 98xxx, RISC, Pentium family, or other suitable microprocessor family, system memory 19, which may be RAM, ROM, or a combination thereof, input/output (I/O) controller 18, an external device such as a serial port 28, such as a USB port, and parallel port 32, detachable keyboard 30, mouse 29, fixed disk drive 32, which may be a hard disk drive or an optical drive or a CD-ROM
  • Network connections are usually established through a device such as a network adapter 44 attached to one of the buses or a modem on a serial port.
  • Network adapters may include 10 Base T, 100 Base T, optical, ATM, DSL, or other network formats.
  • MPEG decoder 39 and Audio subsystem 42 coupled via bus 12 provide multimedia capability. Many other devices can be connected such as fax 38 connected via serial port 28, touch screen 40 connected directly, infrared peripheral support 34 or printer 20, connected through parallel port 22. Other devices or subsystems (not shown) may be connected in a similar manner. Also, it is not necessary for all of the devices shown in FIG. 7A to be present to practice the invention. The devices and subsystems may be interconnected in different ways from that shown in FIG. 7A without impairing the operation of the system. Source code to implement processing functions in accordance with the present invention may be operably disposed in system memory 16 or stored on storage media such as fixed disk 32 or floppy disk 33.
  • Video interface 33 may be any standard video format, such as S- video.
  • Various forms of user input devices may be used.
  • a touch screen allows a user to point to objects on the screen to select the object and to move the selected object by pointing to a second position on the screen.
  • an infrared or other coupled handheld control unit may be interfaced, allowing the user to interact with the unit, make changes, and indicate preferences.
  • Various buttons and controls may be displayed on the screen for activation by using the mouse, touch screen, or a remote control via infrared IF 34
  • operating system software may be PSOS, DOS, UNIX, WINDOWS95, WINDOWS CE, WINDOWS XP, or other operating systems known in the art.
  • IP Multicast capable TCP/IP software 712 manages the flow of information into and out of the control unit over the network interface 44.
  • a JAVA enabled Internet browser 714 such as Netscape Navigator Microsoft Explorer or their equivalent in the art provide a web-browser user interface to networked resources through TCP/IP software 712.
  • Client control code 719 implements functions specific to the set top box or server operation, such as the processes depicted herein.
  • output to the user's television set is provided by user interface 718 in conjunction with Video Interface Code 720.
  • Other clients 722 such as email, facsimile, video conferencing applications or voice mail may also be supported.
  • the functions of the set top unit are integrated into a television, forming an Internet capable, interactive "Smart Television.”
  • the functions of the set top unit are integrated into a personal computer, forming an Internet- capable, interactive "Workstation Television.”

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La présente invention concerne un procédé comprenant la détermination d'une capacité matérielle d'une interface utilisateur qui prend en charge un dispositif utilisateur (102); la détermination d'un besoin de capacité d'une interface utilisateur; et la détermination d'une interface utilisateur optimale pour le dispositif utilisateur (102) en fonction des capacités matérielles et des besoins de capacité.
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