Patent ID: 11956511
Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An intelligent television system, comprising:
a handheld remote control comprising at least one shortcut button, a first hotkey visually identified with a first color, a second hotkey visually identified with a second color, a third hotkey visually identified with a third color, and a fourth hotkey visually identified with a fourth color, the first color, the second color, the third color, and the fourth color being different; and
a television comprising an operating system kernel, a middle layer, and one or more applications, which are in communication with each other to perform functions of the intelligent television system, wherein:
the middle layer comprises an input event dispatcher for receiving user input events and sending the user input events to the one or more applications, the user input events comprising selecting one shortcut button and subsequently selecting a hotkey among the first hotkey, the second hotkey, the third hotkey, and the fourth hotkey on the handheld remote control;
in response to a selection of a first shortcut button on the handheld remote control when the television displays a home user interface, the input event dispatcher is configured to receive an input event associated with the first shortcut button and dispatch the input event to a first application for the first application to display a guide user interface comprising a content portion and one or more of: a first indicator having the first color of the first hotkey and indicating a first function for the first hotkey, a second indicator having the second color of the second hotkey and indicating a second function for the second hotkey, a third indicator having the third color of the third hotkey and indicating a third function for the third hotkey, and a fourth indicator having the fourth color of the fourth hotkey and indicating a fourth function for the fourth hotkey; and
the first function, the second function, the third function, and the fourth function, when indicated, are different from each other and are unavailable in the home user interface before entering the guide user interface.