Patent ID: 8973040
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a media content processing subsystem, said media content subsystem including an output driver configured to provide at least a component of a media content instance to a display for presentation to a user, and a receiver configured to receive at least one input command initiated by the user during said presentation of said at least a component of said media content instance; and a set of user profiles; wherein said media content processing subsystem is configured to select a control pane from a group of control panes outside said media content instance, wherein said media content processing subsystem selects said control pane based on a first input command, each of said control panes including a different set of control tools, of said at least one input command and shifts said media content instance into a viewing area defined by at least one of the viewable portion of said display and said selected control pane such that said selected control pane is viewable on the display concurrently with said media content instance in response to said first input command, and wherein said media content processing subsystem is further configured to select a user profile of said set of user profiles based on a second command of said at least one input command, wherein said set of user profiles are displayed as icons in a control pane of said group of control panes, and wherein at least some of said control tools are contextually selected for inclusion in said group of control panes based on said selected user profile.