Interactive television application with navigable cells and regions
View Patent ↗An interactive television application with mosaic browsing is provided. Selectable cells that may be associated with entities are used to display information corresponding to the entities. Information may include brand marks such as logos or any other suitable entity identifier. A cell may be in focus or it may not be in focus. When a cell is in focus the information displayed in the cell may be different than the information displayed when the cell is not in focus. Users may navigate among cells. The cells may be grouped into regions based on, for example, their association with similar entities.
1. A method for presenting a video mosaic display, the method comprising:
generating for display, on a user equipment device, a plurality of cells for displaying media asset identifiers, wherein the plurality of cells are grouped into a plurality of regions;
determining a first group of cells of the plurality of cells are associated with a first region and a second group of cells of the plurality of cells are associated with a second region;
based on the determination, generating for display a first indicator around the first region of the plurality of regions and a second indicator around the second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the first indicator graphically distinguishes the first region from the second region, and wherein the second indicator graphically distinguishes the second region from the first region;
receiving a first user selection of a first cell associated with a first media asset identifier of the plurality of media asset identifiers, wherein the first cell is associated with the first region; and
in response to receiving the first user selection, generating for display the first media asset identifier in a second cell, wherein the second cell is located in the second region of the plurality of regions.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an additional media asset identifier associated with the first media asset identifier; and
in response to the determining, generating a notification indicating that another cell associated with the additional media asset identifier.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user input focusing on the first cell; and
in response to receiving the user input, generating for display an overlay, wherein the overlay includes information associated with the first media asset identifier.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the overlay is generated for display at a predetermined location relative to the first cell.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the user input focusing on the first cell causes a graphic associated with the first cell to change.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the user input focusing on the first cell causes a graphic associated with playback of the first media asset identifier to be generated for display in the first cell.
7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell, generating for display navigational icons associated with navigating the first region.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in response to determining that a user is no longer focusing on the first cell, removing navigational icons associated with navigating the first region.
9. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell, highlighting the first region.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to determining that a user is no longer focusing on the first cell, removing the highlighting of the first region.
11. A system for presenting a video mosaic display, the system comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
generate for display, on a display screen of a user equipment device, a plurality of cells for displaying media asset identifiers, wherein the plurality of cells are grouped into a plurality of regions;
determine a first group of cells of the plurality of cells are associated with a first region and a second group of cells of the plurality of cells are associated with a second region;
based on the determination, generate for display a first indicator around the first region of the plurality of regions and a second indicator around the second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the first indicator graphically distinguishes the first region from the second region, and wherein the second indicator graphically distinguishes the second region from the first region;
receive a first user selection of a first cell associated with a first media asset identifier of the plurality of media asset identifiers, wherein the first cell is associated with the first region; and
in response to receiving the first user selection, generate for display the first media asset identifier in a second cell, wherein the second cell is located in the second region of the plurality of regions.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
determine an additional media asset identifier associated with the first media asset identifier; and
in response to the determining, generate a notification indicating that another cell associated with the additional media asset identifier.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
receive a user input focusing on the first cell; and
in response to receiving the user input, generate for display an overlay, wherein the overlay includes information associated with the first media asset identifier.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the overlay is generated for display at a predetermined location relative to the first cell.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to cause a graphic associated with the first cell to change in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to cause a graphic associated with playback of the first media asset identifier to be generated for display in the first cell in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display navigational icons associated with navigating the first region in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to remove navigational icons associated with navigating the first region in response to determining that a user is no longer focusing on the first cell.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to highlight the first region in response to receiving the user input focusing on the first cell.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising: in response to determining that a user is no longer focusing on the first cell, removing the highlighting of the first region.