Patent ID: 8504939
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising: processor; video display; and computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to: present on the display a grid of information panels, each information panel presenting visual information pertaining to respective audio video programs; receive a vertical drag command; determine the information panel to which the vertical drag command pertains; and responsive to the vertical drag command and determination of which information panel the drag command pertains, present on the display metadata related to the information panel to which the vertical drag command pertains; wherein the vertical drag command is a first vertical drag command and the metadata is a relatively small metadata view, and the processor, responsive to a second vertical drag command being received on the relatively small metadata view, presents on the display a relatively large metadata view containing metadata related to the information panel to which the first vertical drag command pertains; receive a horizontal drag command; responsive to the horizontal drag command, scrolling through a plurality of the information panels horizontally; and wherein the vertical drag commands cannot be used to scroll through the information panels in contrast to the horizontal drag commands.