Patent ID: 8843964
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions operable to execute on a mobile device to provide a graphical user interface to facilitate issuance of wireless command signals from the mobile device to an output device, the output device being configured to tune to a selected television channel in response receipt of a corresponding wireless command signal from the mobile device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction for: graphically representing television programs associated with the television channels within a tiled portion of the graphical user interface, the tiled portion including a plurality of tiles for graphically representing the television programs, including graphically representing the tiled portion to include a grid portion and a reading lens portion, the grid portion graphically representing television programs associated with a first portion of the television channels, the reading lens portion graphically representing television programs associated with a second portion of the television channels, the first portion of the television programs being different than the second portion of the television programs; graphically representing an exploded tile associated with a user selected first tile of the plurality of tiles represented within one of the grid portion and the reading lens portion, the exploded tile appearing over at least a first part of the tiled portion, the exploded tile blocking the first part from view, the exploded tile including additional information beyond that displayed within the tiled portion, referred to as exploded information; graphically representing a preview button within the exploded tile; graphically representing a preview window within the exploded tile; and displaying a preview of the television program associated with the exploded tile within the preview window upon user selection of the preview button.