Patent ID: 9374546
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing a panel on an intelligent television (TV) comprising: displaying, by a processor, active content on a display of the intelligent TV, wherein the active content comprises one of Live TV content, video-on-demand content, media center content, application content, and content from other inputs, and wherein media center content comprises video, pictures, and audio that are different from the Live TV content and the video-on-demand content; receiving, by the processor, a user request to provide a panel; determining, by the processor, the panel requested by the user is one of a global panel and an application panel, wherein the panel requested by the user hovers above the active content; after determining the global panel is the panel requested, determining, by the processor, media source information to display in the global panel, wherein the media source information is associated with one or more of a device electrically connected to the intelligent TV, a source for live TV content, and a source for video-on-demand (VOD) content, wherein determining media source information to display in the global panel is not dependent upon the type of the active content currently displayed on the display of the intelligent TV; after determining the application panel is the panel requested, determining, by the processor, information to display in the application panel, wherein the information to display in the application panel is associated with a type of the active content currently displayed on the display of the intelligent TV, wherein the information includes sub-categories of information determined by the type of the active content currently displayed on the display of the intelligent TV and each sub-category includes selectable information, wherein the sub-categories of information are indicated proximate to the top of the application panel, and wherein determining one or more sub-categories of information for the application panel further comprises: displaying, by the processor, the panel requested by the user on the display of the intelligent TV including the determined information, wherein the panel requested by the user is partially transparent, and wherein the global panel is displayed on a first portion of the display and the application panel is displayed on a second portion of the display that does not overlap the first portion.