Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Saturn Licensing LLC

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Steven Friedlander

David Andrew Young

Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh

Hyehoon Yi

Seth Hill

Yuko Nishikawa

Sabrina Yeh

Marvin DeMerchant

David George Thiele

Tracy Ho

Travis Charles Baurmann

Tracy Barnes

Thomas Patrick Dawson

Ted Dunn

Nobuyuki Fujiwara

Edgar Allan Tu

Dipendu Saha

Prem Aanand Venkatesan

John Salisbury

Paul Douglas Heavener, Jr

Yasushi Okumura

Robert Hardacker

Steven Richman

Carsten C Schwesig

Keiichi Yoshioka

Ippei Tambata

Kazuto Nishizawa

Yoshiyasu Kubota

Brian W Johnson

Suranjit Adhikari

Priyan Gunatilake

Rafael Calderon

Daisuke Kawamura

Shoji Imamura

Goro Takaki

Andy Nguyen

Norifumi Takaya

Nariaki Sato

Henry Newton-Dunn

Jeffrey D Moguillansky

Hiroki Sugimoto

Privan Gunatilake

Jon Gaiser

Kou Kusanaga

Sebrina Yeh

Marvin Demerchant

Travis Baurmann

A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory 'stacked' notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command.

User interface for audio video display device such as TV

Disclosed are approaches for user interface control. In one embodiment, a method can include: indicating a highlight of a first object of a plurality of objects displayed on a display screen; accepting a signal deriving from a first gesture input of a user indicating a neutral position relative to the highlighted first object; accepting a signal deriving from a second gesture input of the user indicating a directional position at least a predetermined distance from the neutral position; and indicating, in response to the second gesture input, a movement of the highlight from the first object to a second object adjacent to the first object, and where the directional position of the second gesture input correlates to a position on the display screen of the second object relative to the first object.

Visual feedback for highlight-driven gesture user interfaces

A remote controller device, according to one embodiment, includes a display screen on which can be displayed a first item of video content as well as video content programming information. The first item of video content is displayed on the remote controller display screen and corresponds to the same video content that simultaneously is being displayed on a screen of a TV that can be controlled by the remote controller device. In response to a user command for selecting a program or video that currently is not being shown on the TV, a second item of video content is displayed on the remote controller display screen while the TV continues to show the first item of video content. In response to another user command, the remote controller device causes the TV to change channels (or otherwise change its reception to another content source) and display the second item of video content.

Remote controller device with electronic programming guide and video display

A consumer electronics (CE) device includes at least one processor and at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor. The medium is programmed with instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute logic including detecting the position of the CE device and sending a command to at least one apparatus at a location distanced from the CE device to establish at least one configuration of the apparatus. The command is sent responsive to a determination that the CE device is passing a predefined distance from a location.

System and method for sending messages and commands to a device at a location distanced from the sending device

A request to display a portion of a full-screen content overlay options menu of a multiple media player device is detected by the multiple media player device that represents less than all of the full-screen content overlay options menu. A media type of content media currently accessed by the multiple media player device is determined. A current setting status of an available adjustment of the multiple media player device associated with the portion of the full-screen content overlay options menu based upon the determined media type of content media currently accessed by the multiple media player device is determined. A first graphical menu pane of the full-screen content overlay options menu, including the current setting status of the available adjustment, is displayed over full-screen content on a display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Minimal and preferential option user interface

Various aspects of a speaker system and a method for auto-configuration of the speaker system is disclosed herein. The speaker system includes an electronic device, which reproduce a first audio in a first speaker configuration. A first sound reproduction device is detected within a pre-defined range of the electronic device. Based on the detection, the first audio is communicated to the first sound reproduction device by the electronic device. The first speaker configuration is modified to a second speaker configuration to reproduce the communicated first audio at the first sound reproduction device.

Auto-configurable speaker system

A TV display presents a grid of thumbnails representing content available for display from the Internet and next to the grid, a column of thumbnails representing content that conforms to a user-entered query. The conforming content is located by searching the Internet, from an EPG, from local TV storage, and from the TV's home network. Search result thumbnails are prioritized according to user navigation history.

Search query column for internet-connected TV's

Each club in the bag has a small sensor mount on its shaft with indicia indicating what club (9-iron, 7-iron, fairway 5-wood etc.) the mount is attached to. A swing sensor can then engage the mount and read the indicia, sending both sensed swing information and club type to an app on the golfer's mobile phone. In this way, the app knows not only the swing information but also the type of club that was used to generate that swing information.

Golf swing sensor assembly

A mobile apparatus determines whether it is disposed in a vehicle and, based on a determining that it is in the vehicle, automatically presents a first user interface (UI) that is simplified and/or easier to manipulate while driving relative to a second UI that would otherwise be presented.

Configuring user interface (UI) based on context

System method for sending messages and commands to a device at a location distanced from the sending device

Methods and apparatus for providing a user interface for an electronic device are described. Described embodiments include methods and apparatus for generating a user interface element, expanding a user interface element, transitioning subject information in a user interface element, and removing a user interface element.

User interface element

A television (TV) includes a display and a processor controlling the display and receiving signals representing human gestures. The processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a first viewer to control the display. Also the processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a second viewer to control the display only responsive to a determination that the first viewer has both looked toward the second viewer, and that the first viewer has confirmed, as a separate act from looking toward the second viewer, a desire to transfer control of the TV to the second viewer.

Passing control of gesture-controlled apparatus from person to person

A device includes at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor and at least one processor configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions. The instructions configure the processor for accessing terrain information representing preferred terrain of a user of the device, accessing map information, accessing location information indicating current location of the user, and receiving user input indicating a desire for route information. Based at least in part on time constraints indicated from calendar information, the instructions configure the processor for accessing the location information, terrain information, and map information to determine a route and audibly and/or visually displaying the route on the device.

Determining exercise routes based on device determined information

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Steven Friedlander