Patent ID: 9609390
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for presentation of a user interface associated with content presented by a display device, the method comprising: running an application by a device, wherein the application is configured to present a user interface based on active content displayed by a display device; receiving, by the device, data from the display device, wherein the data includes contextual information associated with the active content displayed by the display device, and wherein the device connects to the display device to receive information associated with active content displayed by the display device; and presenting a user interface on the device by the application based on contextual information received from the display device and separate from the active display of the display device, wherein the user interface is presented on the device including a configuration to provide contextual content that is independent from a display configuration of the active content displayed by the display device, wherein graphical elements and functions of the user interface on the device are presented based on the active content displayed by the display device, a type of the content displayed by the display device and contextual content available for the content displayed by the display device, wherein graphical elements of the user interface are selectable to generate commands for the display device and wherein the user interface is configured to present a menu bar configured to switch between user interface configurations including wherein the configuration based on active content is presented with at least one contextual panel including at least one function for the application determined based on the type of active content and a graphical element for the at least one function, wherein presentation of the graphical element for the at least one function is based on the applicability of the function with the active content.