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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Mauro Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Serverius Petrus Paulus Pronk, Vught, NL;
Jan Korst, Eindhoven, NL;
Funke Digital TV Guide GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A method of operating an apparatus for displaying content items on a display, a corresponding computer program for operating an apparatus and an apparatus for displaying content items on a display that is arranged for being coupled to the apparatus are provided. In particular, an apparatus is configured to display a plurality of content items in a two-dimensional grid in dependence of a respective relatedness between a selected content item and one of the content items to be displayed. The selected content item is positioned at a center of the display and the related content items are displayed such that associated relatedness values decrease both in left, right, up and down direction with respect to the center position. A user terminal that comprises such apparatus is provided.