Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Maurice Johannes Cuijpers

Jan Van Ee

Roel Foppema

A remote control, operating an on-screen set-top box (STB) menu, has a force sensitive resistor (FSR) for coarse or free navigation and a keypad, placed around the FSR, for fine navigation. A user gets feedback by a highlighted item or an on-screen cursor when operating the FSR and by the highlighted item for close-by navigation. Pushing down on the FSR, which also doubles as an OK- or select-key, results in the selection of highlighted option.

Seamlessly combined freely moving cursor and jumping highlights navigation

A method for displaying information content enabling user-friendly navigation through content. When the user accesses information content, a cursor is initially positioned such as to indicate an element of information content that was determined from a user's profile. An Internet browser positions the cursor, upon access of a web page, for indicating the hyperlink most frequently requested by the user in given past period.

SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY INFORMATION CONTENT ON A SCREEN HAVING A LIMITED VIEWING AREA BY USING STATISTICS PROVIDED BY A USER HISTORY FILE TO DISPLAY IN VISIBLE PORTION OF THE SCREEN A USER-CONTROLLABLE CURSOR ON A MOST FREQUENTLY PREVIOUSLY SELECTED MATCHING HYPERLINK

In a graphical user interface, preferably for use with a television and set top box, menu navigation is achieved through use of a directional input. From the directional input and a current position, a fitness measure is derived for each menu option. From the fitness measure, a processing device guesses a target menu location. The directional input typically will come from a remote with buttons indicating directions, including diagonal directions.

Directional navigation within a graphical user interface

A baby monitor system incorporated into a receiver of the baby monitor circuitry that can remotely control an electric or electronic device when the output sound level of the receiver reaches a reference level. The control can be by infrared, radio frequency or hardwire transmission of a volume control command to the electric or electronic device. By incorporating this control system into the baby monitor, a parent is ensured to hear sounds of a baby.

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Maurice Johannes Cuijpers