System and method enabling visual filtering of content

Number: 9817915
Published: 2017-11-14
Filed: 2015-09-29
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Robert; Arnaud et al.
CPC: H04N21/84; G06F21/10; H04N21/8146; H04N21/454; G06F3/04842; G06F16/743; H04N5/445; G06F16/958; H04N21/4532; H04N21/431; H04N21/4755; G06F16/9574; H04N21/4782
Verdict: Set aside content visual filtering/DRM
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is presented a system and method enabling visual filtering of content. The system comprises aserver, a content database storing content units and accessible through the server, and afiltering and display application. The filtering and display application is configured toenable visual filtering of the content units by filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract afirst plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user, displaying the first plurality of graphical representations as active graphical representations selectable by the user in a first featured display, and dynamically filtering the first plurality of graphical representations and replacing the first featured display with another featured display of a first subset of active graphical representations selectable by the user according to an input received from the user.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OFTHE DRAWINGS(1) The features and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, wherein:(2) FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a system enabling visual filtering of content, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(3) FIG. 2 shows a more detailed embodiment of a system enabling visual filtering of content, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(4) FIG. 3A shows a visual frame on which is captured a portion of an exemplary preliminary display of graphical representations corresponding to content units selectable by a user, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(5) FIG. 3B shows a visual frame on which is captured a portionof an exemplary featured display of graphical representations extracted from the preliminary display of FIG. 3A according to an input received from the user, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(6) FIG. 3C shows a visual frame on which is captured a portion of a second exemplary featured display of graphical representations, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(7) FIG. 3D shows a visual frame on which is captured a portion of a third exemplary featured display of graphical representations, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(8) FIG. 4 shows a visual frame on which is captured a portion of a fourth exemplary fe

Claims

1. A method for use by a system for enabling visual filtering of content, the method comprising: filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user; displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted bythe user, the method further comprises: providing a combination of each of said pluralityof new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user; dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one or more graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations to continue displaying second active graphical representationsselectable by the user; wherein at least one of the one or more graphical representationsexcluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed but not selectable by the user. 10. Asystem enabling visual filtering of content, the system comprising: a server having a non-transitory storage medium; a content database accessible through the server, the content database storing a plurality of content units; a filtering and display application stored in the non-transitory storage medium and configured to enable visual filtering of the plurality of content units, by: filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user; displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, the method further comprises: providing a combination of each of said plurality of new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user; dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one ormore graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations tocontinue displaying second active graphical representations selectable by the user; wherein at least one of the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed but not selectable by the user.