- Number
- 10257561
- Published
- 2019-04-09
- Filed
- 2013-11-12
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Kalantri; Neha et al.
- CPC
- H04N21/4312; H04N21/472; H04N21/47815; H04N21/47202; H04N21/4826
- Verdict
- Set aside time-line based digital media post viewing experience, content UI
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
Disclosed are a digital media asset selection interface and method. The interface may comprise a plurality of digital media assets that are displayed to a user such that the user can navigate the digital media assets in a first direction and a second direction, such as a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. In a more particular embodiment, the digital media assets are listed horizontally such that assets listed to the left of a selection pane represent a “past” aspect and assets listed to the right of a selection pane represent a “future” aspect. The digital media assets listed vertically are related to one another in some way.
Background
TECHNICAL FIELD(1) The present disclosure relates generally to presentation of digital media, and more particularly to digital media interfaces.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE(2) The present disclosure may be embodied in a method comprising presenting a digital media selection interface and receiving a user input via a user input device. The digital media selection interface may present the user with a plurality of digital media assets. A first subset of the plurality of digital media assets may be presented in a first direction such that the user can navigate the first subset in the first direction, and a second subset of the plurality of digital media assets may be presented in a second directly such that the user can navigate the second subset in the second direction. The first subset of the plurality of digital media assets may comprise a past portion and a future portion such that the past portion comprises a plurality of past digital media assets that have been previously presented, and the future portion comprises a plurality of recommended digital media assets.(3) In a further aspect of this embodiment, a first digital media asset may be presented in a central region of the digital media selection interface and the plurality of digital media assets may be presented in the areas surrounding the central region. The first subset of the plurality of digital media assets may be presented horizontally from the first digital media asset, and the second subset may be presente
Claims
1. A digital media asset interface method comprising: presenting a digital media selection interface; and receiving a user input via a user input device, wherein the digital media selection interface presents the user with a plurality of digital media assets, and further wherein a first subset of the plurality of digital media assets is presented along a first axis such that the user can navigate the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets in two directions along the first axis, a second subset of the plurality of digital media assets is presented along a second axis such that the user can navigate the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets in two directions along the second axis, the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets comprising a past portion presented along one of the two directions along the first axis and a future portion presented along the other of the two directions along the first axis such that the past portion comprises a plurality of past digital media assets that have been previously presented, the future portion comprises a plurality of recommended digital media assets, an intersection of a first digital media asset, the first digital media asset being a member of the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets, and one or more of the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets presented along the second axis is indicative of a non-temporal, content-based relationship between the first digital media asset and each of the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets, presenting at least one of aural and visual stimulation through the digital media selection interface indicating directions traveled along the first and second axes and depth of traversal through the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets, and controlling at least one of a rate of scrolling through the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets, and placement of individual ones of the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets proximate to the intersection based upon weight information associated with the plurality of digital media assets.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising: an instruction set configured to cause a computing device to perform: presenting a digital media selection interface, and receiving a user input via an input device, wherein the digital media selection interface presents the user with a plurality of digital media assets, and further wherein a first subset of the plurality of digital media assets is presented along a first axis such that the user can navigate the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets in two directions along the first axis, a second subset of the plurality of digital media assets being presented along a second axis such that the user can navigate the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets in two directions along the second axis, the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets comprising a past portion presented along one of the two directions along the first axis and a future portion presented along the other of the two directions along the first axis such that the past portion comprises a plurality of past digital media assets that have been previously presented; the future portion comprises a plurality of recommended digital media assets, an intersection of a first digital media asset, the first digital media asset being a member of the first subset of the plurality of digital media assets presented along the first axis, and one or more of the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets presented along the second axis is indicative of a non-temporal, content-based relationship between the first digital media asset and each of the second subset of the plurality of digital media assets, presenting at least one of aural and visual stimulation through the digital media selection interface indicating directions traveled along the first and second axes and depth of traversal through the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets, and controlling at least one of a rate of scrolling through the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets, and placement of individual ones of the first and second subsets of the plurality of digital media assets proximate to the intersection based upon weight information associated with the plurality of digital media assets.
19. A digital media selection interface method comprising: displaying on a media presentation device, a selection pane indicating a current digital media asset selection; displaying on the media presentation device, a first set of digital media assets presented along a horizontal axis in two directions from the selection pane; displaying on the media presentation device, a second set of digital media assets presented along a vertical axis in two directions from the first set of digital media assets; displaying on the media presentation device, a digital media stack formed by a first horizontal digital media asset that is a member of the first set of digital media assets, and one or more vertical digital media assets that are members of the second set of digital media assets, the first and second sets of digital media assets being browsable and selectable by a user of the media presentation device, presenting on the media presentation device, at least one of aural and visual stimulation indicating directions traveled along the horizontal and vertical axes and depth of traversal through the first and second sets of digital media assets, and controlling a rate of scrolling through the first and second sets of digital media assets based upon weight information associated with individual ones of the first and second sets of digital media assets, wherein the first set of digital media assets presented in the two directions along the horizontal direction comprise: a past portion that is presented to the left of the selection pane, and a future portion that is presented to the right of the selection pane, and further wherein, the past portion comprises a plurality of digital media assets that have been previously presented; the future portion comprises a plurality of recommended digital media assets; and an intersection of the one or more vertical digital media assets with the first horizontal digital media asset indicates a non-temporal, content-based relationship between the first horizontal digital media asset and each of the one or more vertical digital media assets, placement of individual ones of the first and second sets of digital media assets being based upon weight information associated with individual ones of the first and second sets of digital media assets.