Patent ID: 9106866
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing one of two types of user interfaces in an intelligent television, the method comprising: receiving a first type of selection for a first user interface, wherein the first user interface provides information about content; providing the first user interface in response to the first type of selection, wherein the first user interface is a Fibonacci view, and wherein representations of the content are organized and arranged in a Fibonacci spiral based on information about the content; subsequent to receiving the first type of selection, receiving a second type of selection for a second user interface; and providing the second user interface in response to the second type of selection, wherein the second user interface is a timeline user interface, wherein the timeline user interface orders two or more representations of the content along a timeline based on information about the content, and wherein the two or more representations of the content in the timeline user interface have different placements along the timeline based on the information of the content; wherein each representation of content is a selectable thumbnail of a respective content, wherein selection of a selectable thumbnail allows a user to view the respective content associated with the selected selectable thumbnail; wherein the Fibonacci view organizes the selectable thumbnails based on how often the respective content is viewed; and wherein each selectable thumbnail has a different aspect ratio based on a characteristic of the respective content associated with a respective selectable thumbnail.