Remote Control Having Hotkeys with Dynamically Assigned Functions
An intelligent television system provides an operating system and an application framework for controlling a user interface to handle user input events from a handheld remote control. The remote control includes color keys that are configured for triggering different functions in different application panels displayed on the television.
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21 . An intelligent television comprising:
a display;
a memory configured to store instructions and data associated with the display;
one or more input ports configured to physically connect to one or more external devices;
a remote controller comprising one or more color hotkeys and one or more shortcut keys, wherein the one or more color hotkeys are configured to assign different colors, and a color indexing of a color hotkey is depicted as a displayed image on a selected user interface to show a currently assigned function;
at least one processor in connection with the display, the memory and the one or more input ports and configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to cause the intelligent television to:
receive a designation for a silo via the remote controller, wherein the silo is a logical representation of a content source for the intelligent television;
determine the silo based on the designation;
based on that the silo is associated with one of the one or more external devices:
present in a first user interface a watermark for identifying the silo;
activate the one of the one or more external devices;
determine whether a signal error associated with the silo occurs; and
based on an occurrence of the signal error associated with the silo, present a second user interface for indicating the signal error, and based on no occurrence of the signal error, present a content associated with the silo;
based on that the silo is a first content application:
determine whether the first content application is in an error state; and
based on that the first content application is in an error state, present a third user interface indicating the first content application is in the error state, otherwise, provide a content from the first content application; and
in response to a command associated with the content from the first content application via the remote controller, present a fourth user interface comprising at least one of: a first indicator having a first color of a first hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a first assigned function for the first hotkey, a second indicator having a second color of a second hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a second assigned function for the second hotkey, a third indicator having a third color of a third hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a third assigned function for the third hotkey.
22 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the first content application is associated with a silo button on the remote controller.
23 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the first content application is configured to provide content via network connection.
24 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the first content application comprises a live TV application.
25 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the first assigned function for the first hotkey is activatable by the first hotkey in the fourth user interface while a fourth assigned function for the first hotkey is activatable by the first hotkey in a first state of the silo associated with the one of the one or more external devices, wherein the fourth assigned function is different from the first assigned function.
26 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the first assigned function for the first hotkey is activatable by the first hotkey in a second state of the intelligent television while a fifth assigned function for the first hotkey is activatable by the first hotkey in a third state of the intelligent television.
27 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the intelligent television to:
in response to a selection of a functional item in the first content application, provide a fifth user interface comprising at least one of: a sixth indicator having the first color of the first hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a sixth assigned function for the first hotkey, a seventh indicator having the second color of the second hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a seventh assigned function for the second hotkey, an eighth indicator having the third color of the third hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating an eighth assigned function for the third hotkey.
28 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the intelligent television to:
based on that the silo is a live TV application, and in response to a selection of a guide menu, launch a full screen EPG comprising at least one of: a ninth indicator having the first color of the first hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a ninth assigned function for the first hotkey, a tenth indicator having the second color of the second hotkey of the one or more color hotkeys indicating a tenth assigned function for the second hotkey.
29 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the intelligent television to:
based on that the silo is a live TV application, and in response to a command for changing a channel number on the television:
render an on-screen channel changer on the display;
receive a channel number selection according to a user's selection from the on-screen channel changer; and
present a content associated with a selected channel number corresponding to the channel number selection.
30 . The intelligent television according to claim 9 , wherein the on-screen channel changer comprises a number entry bar.
31 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the remote controller comprises a global panel button for providing an access to one or more of silos, notifications, a web browser and/or a system setting.
32 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the intelligent television to: based on that the silo is a live TV application, and in response to a command for information about currently played content on the display:
provide an information user interface comprising one or more program information items associated with the currently played content without interrupting the currently played content on the display.
33 . The intelligent television according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the intelligent television to:
based on that the silo is a live TV application, and in response to a command for information about currently played content on the display:
provide an information user interface comprising a navigation bar, a detailed information region or an additional information region.
34 . The intelligent television according to claim 13 , wherein the navigation bar is configured for navigating to different user interfaces.
35 . The intelligent television according to claim 13 , wherein the detailed information region is configured for presenting information on the currently played content.
36 . The intelligent television according to claim 13 , wherein the additional information region is configured for presenting recommended or related items depending on the currently played content.