Patent ID: 9426515
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing social media on an intelligent television, the method comprising: receiving one or more social media postings at a processor of the intelligent television through a port interface from a social media server; receiving a selection of a control device on a remote control associated with the intelligent television, wherein the control device receives a first type of the selection based on the control device being moved in a first direction and a second type of the selection based on the control device being moved in a second direction; in response to the selection, sending a signal from the remote control to the intelligent television; receiving, by a processor of the intelligent television through an IR/RF module or I/O module, the signal associated with the selection; determining whether the selection, received at the remote control, is the first type or the second type; when the selection is a first type, providing a first user interface at the bottom of a display of the intelligent television, wherein the first user interface provides at least one visual representation of at least one of the social media posting; when the selection is a second type, providing a second user interface at the top of the display of the intelligent television, wherein the second user interface provides information associated with content being presented in the display of the intelligent television; providing an ooh-ahh device; receiving selection of the ooh-ahh device by a remote control; and in response to the selection of the ooh-ahh device, automatically posting information about the content being presented in the display of the intelligent television to the social media site.