APPLICATIONS GENERATING STATISTICS FOR USER BEHAVIOR
An architecture to assemble and manage usage information and populate one or more panels in an intelligent TV. The architecture includes a usage statistics provider module adapted to assemble one or more of usage information and installation information and query the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view or panel on the intelligent TV. The architecture further includes a panel manager adapted to assemble the one or more of icons and information into a requested view. A display controller displays the view on a display of the intelligent TV. A silo manager sorts information in at least one panel subcategory based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, where the at least one subpanel panel includes a plurality of icons each representing an app or content.
1 . A method to assemble and manage usage information in an intelligent TV comprising:
assembling one or more of usage information and installation information;
querying the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view on the intelligent TV;
assembling the one or more of icons and information into a requested view; and
displaying the view on a display of the intelligent TV.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the view includes a master view, a collection view and a detail view.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring and tracking usage information for the intelligent TV.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring and tracking usage information for one or more applications installed on the intelligent TV.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising reporting the usage information to one or more remote servers.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising assembling a notification when a package is installed.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sorting information in the view based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sorting information in at least one panel based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, the at least one panel including a plurality of icons each representing an available app or content.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising further comprising sorting information in at least one panel subcategory based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, the at least one subpanel panel including a plurality of icons each representing an available app or content.
10 . A non-transitory computer readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause to be performed the method steps in claim 1 .
11 . A system to assemble and manage usage information in an intelligent TV comprising:
a usage statistics provider module adapted to assemble one or more of usage information and installation information and query the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view on the intelligent TV;
a panel manager adapted to assemble the one or more of icons and information into a requested view; and
a display controller adapted to display the view on a display of the intelligent TV.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the view includes a master view, a collection view and a detail view.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the usage statistics provider module is further adapted to monitor and track usage information for the intelligent TV.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the usage statistics provider module is further adapted monitor and track usage information for one or more applications installed on the intelligent TV.
15 . The system of claim 14 , further comprising a system report handler adapted to report the usage information to one or more remote servers.
16 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a package manager module adapted to assemble a notification when a package is installed.
17 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a silo manager adapted to sort information in the view based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information.
18 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a silo manager adapted sort information in at least one panel based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, the at least one panel including a plurality of icons each representing an available app or content.
19 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising further comprising a silo manager adapted to sort information in at least one panel subcategory based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, the at least one subpanel panel including a plurality of icons each representing an available app or content.
20 . A system to assemble and manage usage information in an intelligent TV comprising:
means for assembling one or more of usage information and installation information;
means for querying the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view on the intelligent TV;
means for assembling the one or more of icons and information into a requested view; and
means for displaying the view on a display of the intelligent TV.