Patent ID: 9055255
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting a user interface implemented on an intelligent television (TV), comprising: running, via a processor associated with the intelligent television, a live TV application, wherein the live TV application is configured to control one or more interactive user functions of the intelligent TV; presenting, substantially simultaneously via a display of the intelligent TV, live TV broadcast content, wherein the live TV broadcast content is presented to a first portion of the display, wherein the first portion of the display includes substantially an entire area of a screen of the TV; receiving a first live TV application input at the intelligent TV; determining, by the processor and in response to receiving the first live TV application input, a first live TV application feature to present via the display, wherein the one or more interactive user functions of the intelligent TV are controlled via the first live TV application feature; presenting, via the display, the first live TV application feature to a second portion of the display, wherein the second portion of the display overlaps at least a portion of the first portion of the display, wherein the second portion of the display includes less than the entire area of the screen of the TV, and wherein at least part of the second portion is either transparent or translucent; receiving a home screen input at the intelligent TV; determining, by the processor and in response to receiving the home screen input, a global panel feature to present via the display, wherein the one or more interactive user functions of the intelligent TV are controlled via the global panel feature; and presenting, via the display, the global panel feature to a third portion of the display, wherein the third portion of the display overlaps at least a portion of the first portion of the display, wherein the third portion of the display includes less than the entire area of the screen of the TV, wherein at least part of the third portion of the display is either transparent or translucent, and wherein a first location of the third portion of the display is different from a second location of the second portion of the display.