Patent ID: 8181120
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A television Widget movement method, comprising: providing access to a plurality of Widget programs to a television Widget host processor; receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, where the Widget programs, when in a Display mode, display Widget representations on a display; receiving a command from the remote controller that establishes one of the plurality of displayed Widget programs as the Widget program that is currently in focus; receiving a command from the remote controller that places the Widget program that is currently in focus in a Move Mode, where the Widget representation can be moved about the display while in Move Mode, where when the Widget is in Move Mode, the Widget representation is responsive to UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT navigation commands from the remote controller to move about the display, and wherein such movement is animated using a 3 dimensional graphics engine; and where when in the Move Mode, a press and hold of a navigation command from the remote controller results in an acceleration up to a terminal velocity followed by a deceleration upon release of the navigation to travel from a current display position of the Widget representation to a new display position of the Widget representation.