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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Jason Bayer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Lawrence Morrill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leo Baghdassarian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric Vannier, Union City, CA (US);
Jason Bayer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Lawrence Morrill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leo Baghdassarian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric Vannier, Union City, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for rendering one or more user interface objects on a television screen is disclosed. The method is performed at a computer system coupled with the television screen. The method includes receiving a request for rendering a user interface object, and identifying a variable scaling factor. The variable scaling factor is determined in accordance with a distance parameter corresponding to a distance between a respective user and the television screen. The method also includes rendering the user interface object on the television screen in accordance with the variable scaling factor while maintaining a display of a television program on the television screen based on a fixed scaling factor.