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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Ted Dunn, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Tracy Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuko Nishikawa, La Jolla, CA (US);
Hiroki Sugimoto, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Friedlander, San Diego, CA (US);
Ted Dunn, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Tracy Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuko Nishikawa, La Jolla, CA (US);
Hiroki Sugimoto, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Friedlander, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An example television Widget movement method involves receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, when in Display mode, display Widget representations on a display; receiving a command that establishes one of the plurality of displayed Widget programs as the Widget program that is currently in focus; and receiving a command that places the Widget program currently in focus in Move Mode. The Widget can be moved about the display while in Move Mode, where when the Widget is in Move Mode, the Widget representation is responsive to navigation commands to move about the display. Such movement is animated using a 3 dimensional graphics engine and accompanied by an audio sound effect. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.