SYSTEM AND METHOD TO STORE A SERVICE OR CONTENT LIST FOR EASY ACCESS ON A SECOND DISPLAY
Apparatus and methods are provided for using a second display with a content playback device. This feature allows the user to permanently store a service, menu location, or content list, e.g., a category of assets within a service, as a shortcut for easy access in the future. The shortcut could be accessed in a list of shortcuts or could be specifically added to a section on the main screen so that the user can navigate to the service, menu location, or content list from anywhere in a second display application in just a single click. The user can also name the shortcut so that the same may be found by search tools. Such systems and methods may be particularly advantageous when a user normally only visits a few services in a long list of available services on a regular basis.
1 . A method of creating a shortcut to a service or content list, comprising:
i. in a second display application, receiving a user input to establish a session with a server, the session associated with a user account;
ii. receiving a user selection of a service, a menu location, or a content list; and
iii. receiving a user selection of the service, menu location, or content list, respectively, as a shortcut,
iv. such that upon a loading of the second display application, the shortcut appears within the application.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a shortcut within the second display application to the selected service, menu location, or content list.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second display application is a web application.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content list is a category within a service.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the shortcut appears as a widget or icon or activatable feature on a page of the second display application.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the shortcut appears in a list of shortcuts.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the shortcut is associated with a shortcut name, and wherein the name of the shortcut is discoverable in a search field within the second display application.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection is of a content list, and further comprising storing a category identification or service identification of the content list.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection is of a content list, and further comprising updating the content list, to remove content items that point to content that is no longer available.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection is of a content list, and wherein the content list is determined by a service or by a user.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection is of a menu location, and wherein the menu location corresponds to a utility or administrative function.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving a user selection of a service, a menu location, or a content list, includes receiving search results from a search function within the second display application, and wherein the search results include services, menu locations, content items, or content lists.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a copy of the shortcut on another computing device.
14 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computing device to perform the method of claim 1 .
15 . A method of creating a shortcut to a service or content list, comprising:
i. in a second display application, receiving user input to establish a session with a server, the session associated with a user account;
ii. receiving a user selection of a service, a menu location, or a content list; and
iii. receiving user selection of the service, menu location, or content list, respectively, as an item to be added to a cross-service content list, the cross-service content list associated with a shortcut,
iv. such that upon the loading of the second display application, the shortcut appears within the second display application.
16 . A method of creating a shortcut to a service or content list, comprising:
i. receiving a user input from a second display application to establish a session, the session associated with a user account;
ii. receiving a user selection of a service, a menu location, or a content list;
iii. directing the second display application to the selected service, menu location, or content list, respectively;
iv. receiving a user selection of the service, menu location, or content list, respectively, as a shortcut;
v. causing the shortcut to be stored; and
vi. causing the shortcut to be displayed within the second display application.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the causing the shortcut to be stored includes causing the shortcut to be stored within the server or within the second display application.
18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the user selection is of a content list, and further comprising storing a category identification or service identification corresponding to the content list.
19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the user selection is of a content list, and further comprising updating the content list, to remove content items that point to content that is no longer available.
20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computing device to perform the method of claim 16 .
21 . A method of creating a shortcut to a service or content list, comprising:
i. receiving user input from a second display application to establish a session, the session associated with a user account;
ii. receiving a user selection of a service, a menu location, or a content list; and
iii. directing the second display application to the selected service, menu location, or content list, respectively;
iv. receiving a user selection of the service, menu location, or content list, respectively, as an item to be added to a cross-service content list, the cross-service content list associated with a shortcut;
v. causing the shortcut to be stored; and
vi. causing the shortcut to be displayed within the second display application.