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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Kuan Loong Yong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramesh Sarukkai, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Simon Ratner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian Frumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kuan Loong Yong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramesh Sarukkai, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Simon Ratner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian Frumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for browsing videos that are organized as channels. A browsing interface allows a user to browse videos with primarily a simple directional controller. The up and down inputs of the directional controller control navigation between levels of the interface such as search, playback control, full screen playback, video browsing and channel browsing. The left and right inputs of the directional controller control various options at the active level of the user interface and the select input allows the user to select an option. The user can browse various channels and videos within a channel to select media for playback. Videos in a channel play continuously to minimize input from the directional controller.