US 12,294,769 B2
System, apparatus and methods providing a user interface
William Redmann, Glendale, CA (US); and Alan Stein, Princeton Junction, NJ (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/925,757
Filed by InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/037646
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/257714, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,351, filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0179833 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4826 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4384 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for providing a user interface to present adjacently listed services indicating video content, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive a first list of a plurality of services indicating video content, wherein each of the services of the first list has a channel number and an associated video format being a combination of a video transfer function and a video resolution;
reorganize an order of the first list, based on the associated video format of each service, to generate a second list by grouping together services having same combinations of video transfer function and video resolution; and
present a user interface using the second list, wherein the user interface allows switching from any one service to an adjacent service in the second list.