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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Sirisha Naga Lakshmi Yenigalla, Fremont, CA (US);

Stefan Belavy, Oakland, CA (US);

Wendy Coquilla, San Jose, CA (US);

Christine Park, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for menu-based navigation to view audio and/or visual media is disclosed. A user can navigate through a menu system by moving a cursor between various categories listed in a menu in a first display area. When the user selects a category, the menu changes to display sub-categories within the category, with the chosen category listed in a home position of the first display area. A second display area can display available selections within a selected category or sub-category. A third display area can display additional information about the selected media item. There also can be a display area where a user can create a filter within a selected category or sub-category. The menu selections can contain representations of categories. The categories can be genres or lists of movies or music. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.


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