User interface for audio video display device such as tv

Abstract

For a graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) showing plural content information panels arranged in a grid, the loading time during which the content information panels are retrieved and presented on the AVDD is used to display, in the area in which the loading information panel will be, a text description of the category of the panel content. The text also explains the meaning of an icon that is displayed next to the content information panel after the loading is completed.

1 . An audio video display device (AVDD), comprising:
 a processor;   a video display presenting demanded images;   a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:   present on the display a first graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content panels, each content panel representing a respective video;   responsive to a viewer input requiring a change to the content panels, retrieve new video content for presentation on the GUI;   during a load period during which the new content is being retrieved for loading in the GUI, presenting, in each GUI location corresponding to a respective content panel, a respective text description of a category of the new content to be loaded into the respective content panel; and   after the load period, replacing the text descriptions with respective new content panels.   
     
     
         2 . The AVDD of  claim 1 , wherein the GUI includes eight content panels and a current video panel together arranged in a three by three grid, the eight content panels being changed responsive to the viewer input requiring a change to the content panels, the current video panel not being changed responsive to the viewer input requiring a change to the content panels. 
     
     
         3 . The AVDD of  claim 1 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective new content panel a respective icon representing the respective category. 
     
     
         4 . The AVDD of  claim 1 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective text description a respective icon representing the respective category. 
     
     
         5 . The AVDD of  claim 4 , wherein the icons each have a respective category color, icons of the same category having the same category color, icons of the same category not having the category color of icons of any other category. 
     
     
         6 . The AVDD of  claim 5 , wherein the text descriptions are presented in the same category colors as the respective icons associated with the respective text descriptions. 
     
     
         7 . The AVDD of  claim 1 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective text description an animated load icon presented as moving on the display during the load period. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 presenting on a video display a first graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content panels, each content panel representing a respective video;   responsive to viewer input requiring a change to the content panels, retrieving new content for presentation on the GUI;   during a load period during which the new content is being retrieved for loading in the GUI, presenting, in each GUI location corresponding to a respective content panel, a respective text description of a category of the new content to be loaded into the respective content panel; and   after the load period, replacing the text descriptions with respective new content panels.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the GUI include eight content panels and a current video panel together arranged in a three by three grid, the eight content panels being changed responsive to the viewer input requiring a change to the content panels, the current video panel not being changed responsive to the viewer input requiring a change to the content panels. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising presenting next to each respective new content panel a respective icon representing the respective category. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising presenting next to each respective text description a respective icon representing the respective category. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the icons each have a respective category color, icons of the same category having the same category color, icons of the same category not having the category color of icons of any other category. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the text descriptions are presented in the same category colors as the respective icons associated with the respective text descriptions. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising presenting next to each respective text description an animated load icon presented as moving on the display during the load period. 
     
     
         15 . An audio video display device (AVDD), comprising:
 a processor;   a video display presenting demanded images;   a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:   present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural thumbnails, each thumbnail representing respective media content;   responsive to input requiring a change to the thumbnails, retrieve new content for presentation on the GUI;   during a load period during which the new content is being retrieved for loading in the GUI and association with at least one respective new thumbnail, present, in each GUI location where a thumbnail will be placed, a respective text description of the content to be loaded in the GUI and associated with the respective thumbnail; and   after the load period, replacing the text descriptions with respective new thumbnails.   
     
     
         16 . The AVDD of  claim 15 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective thumbnail a respective icon representing a genre associated with the respective content and/or a status identifier associated with the respective content. 
     
     
         17 . The AVDD of  claim 15 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective text description a respective icon representing a genre associated with the respective content and/or a status identifier associated with the respective content. 
     
     
         18 . AVDD of  claim 15 , wherein the processor presents on each respective new thumbnail a respective logo representing the content source of the respective content. 
     
     
         19 . The AVDD of  claim 15 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective text description a respective logo representing the content source of the respective content. 
     
     
         20 . The AVDD of  claim 15 , wherein the processor presents next to each respective text description an animated load icon presented as moving on the display during the load period.