APPLICATION PANEL MANAGER
An Intelligent TV having a silo manager, a panel manager and a panel controller. The various managers and controllers managing a global panel and an application panel. The global panel includes various types of information and the various types of input and content available. The global panel includes various information including, for example, Live TV information, on demand information, media center information, application information, HDMI 1 information, HDMI 2 information, HDMI 3 information, component 1 information, component 2 information, AV 1 information, AV 2 information, VGA information, as well as an option to hide undetected inputs. The application panel is dynamic and can optionally change based on one or more of context and content of the underlying application being viewed. The application panel can include various subcategories of information, with the number and type of the subcategories also capable of being dynamic based on the underlying context or content.
1 . A method of managing an application panel on an intelligent TV comprising:
detecting a request to invoke the application panel;
detecting one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and context information;
determining information to display in the application panel based on the one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information; and
displaying the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV including the determined information.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application panel hovers above background content and is partially transparent.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising continuing to display active background content.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the background content is Live TV, on demand content, media center content, applications or content from other inputs.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the application panel is dynamically updated based on the background content.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining and providing one or more sub-categories of information in the application panel.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining and providing one or more sub-categories of selectable information in the application panel.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application panel includes executable portions.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application panel includes an information portion, a new portion, a recommended portion, a genre portion, an electronic program guide, a category portion, a favorites portion and a search portion.
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 manage an application panel on an intelligent TV comprising:
a processor adapted to detect a request to invoke the application panel;
a panel controller adapted to detect one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and context information;
a silo application adapted to determine information to display in the application panel based on the one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information; and
a display controller adapted to display the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV including the determined information.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the application panel hovers above background content and is partially transparent.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein active background content is displayed.
14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the background content is Live TV, on demand content, media center content, applications or content from other inputs.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the application panel is dynamically updated based on the background content.
16 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a content presentation service adapted to determine and provide one or more sub-categories of information in the application panel.
17 . The system of claim 11 , a content presentation service adapted to determine and provide one or more sub-categories of selectable information in the application panel.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the application panel includes executable portions.
19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the application panel includes an information portion, a new portion, a recommended portion, a genre portion, an electronic program guide, a category portion, a favorites portion and a search portion.
20 . A system that manages an application panel on an intelligent TV comprising:
means for detecting a request to invoke the application panel;
means for detecting one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and context information;
means for determining information to display in the application panel based on the one or more of displayed content on the intelligent TV and the context information; and
means for displaying the application panel on a display of the intelligent TV including the determined information.