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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Christopher Alan Glein, Seattle, WA (US);
Bojana Ostojic, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Kort Danner Sands, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark R. Gibson, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Alan Glein, Seattle, WA (US);
Bojana Ostojic, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Kort Danner Sands, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark R. Gibson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A 10-Foot media user interface is herein described. A computer user interface may be designed for primary use as a 10-Foot user interface, where a user controls the computer using a remote control device, instead of as a traditional 2-Foot user interface where the user controls the computer using keyboard and mouse from directly in from of the computer. The 10-Foot user interface uses 3D space and animations to more clearly indicate navigation and selection of items in the user interface to the controlling user. Use of three-dimensional space also increases the display screen real estate that is available for content items, and allows the media user interface to move unselected items out of primary view of the user. The user interface may animate movement in three-dimensions to allow the user to more easily conceptually follow navigation of the user interface.