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 display device, an interactive menu featuring a plurality of cells for displaying media asset identifiers, wherein the plurality of cells is grouped into a plurality of regions, and wherein each of the media asset identifiers corresponds to a media asset available via a communications link;
determining that a first group of cells of the plurality of cells is associated with a first region and that a second group of cells of the plurality of cells is associated with a second region;
generating for display, on the display device, a first indicator for the first region of the plurality of regions and a second indicator for the second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the first indicator graphically indicates that the first region is individually navigable, and wherein the second indicator graphically indicates that the second region is individually navigable;
receiving, via a user input interface, a user input focusing on the first indicator; and
based on the user input focusing on the first indicator, scrolling through the first group of cells without scrolling through the second group of cells.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
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
based on 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.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a user input focusing on the first cell; and
based on 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 1 , wherein the first indicator is an arrow icon.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first indicator is generated for display based on a user input focusing on the first region.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cross-referencing a database listing media asset identifiers associated with the first region to determine media asset identifiers associated with the first group of cells.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein scrolling through the first group of cells comprising wrapping around the first group of cells within 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 device, an interactive menu featuring a plurality of cells for displaying media asset identifiers, wherein the plurality of cells is grouped into a plurality of regions, and wherein each of the media asset identifiers corresponds to a media asset available via a communications link;
determine that a first group of cells of the plurality of cells is associated with a first region and that a second group of cells of the plurality of cells is associated with a second region;
generate for display, on the display device, a first indicator for the first region of the plurality of regions and a second indicator for the second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the first indicator graphically indicates that the first region is individually navigable, and wherein the second indicator graphically indicates that the second region is individually navigable;
receive, via a user input interface, a user input focusing on the first indicator; and
based on the user input focusing on the first indicator, scroll through the first group of cells without scrolling through the second group of cells.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
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
based on 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.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
receive a user input focusing on the first cell; and
based on receiving the user input, generate for display an overlay, wherein the overlay includes information associated with the first media asset identifier.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the overlay is generated for display at a predetermined location relative to the first cell.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry configured to receive the user input focusing on the first cell is further configured to cause a graphic associated with the first cell to change.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry configured to receive the user input focusing on the first cell 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.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first indicator is an arrow icon.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first indicator is generated for display based on a user input focusing on the first region.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to cross-reference a database listing media asset identifiers associated with the first region to determine media asset identifiers associated with the first group of cells.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein scrolling through the first group of cells comprising wrapping around the first group of cells within the first region.