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20090135147 | INPUT METHOD AND CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In an input method and an input system for an electronic device, an electronic device having input functionality and content displaying functionality, and a content displaying method and a displaying system for an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with a sensing screen, and the input method includes the following steps: displaying a plurality of virtual keys; receiving an input signal; displaying a corresponding enlarged virtual key on the sensing screen; and detecting whether there is an input of a confirm input signal, and outputting a virtual key code corresponding to the confirm input signal if affirmative. | 05-28-2009 |
20090153495 | INPUT METHOD FOR USE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SCREEN - An input method for use in an electronic device having a touch-sensitive screen is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. An input signal is first received. Then, at least one control item corresponding to the specific program is displayed on the touch-sensitive screen in which the control item has a corresponding control area within the touch-sensitive screen. Next, it is determined whether a confirmation input signal inputted to the corresponding control area of the touch-sensitive screen is detected. A parameter of the control item is adjusted according to the confirmation input signal when the confirmation input signal has been detected. | 06-18-2009 |
20090167882 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method for operating an electronic device having an image capture unit is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. An input image of an object having first and second sub images is first acquired from the image capture unit. Next, the acquired first and second sub images are recognized to obtain information regarding outlines or positions of the first and second sub images. A corresponding control instruction is generated according to the relative relationship between the outlines or positions of the first and second sub images. Then, at least one operation corresponding to the generated control instruction is performed. | 07-02-2009 |
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20110197129 | MEDIA FILE ACCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDING MY FAVORITES FOLDER - A media file access control method for a digital media player includes a) receiving a mode selection instruction; b) determining whether the mode selection instruction corresponds to a lite mode or a computer file mode; and c) if the mode selection instruction corresponds to the lite mode, performing steps of loading a plurality of multimedia files according to content of a pre-established favorites list recording respective names and storage locations of the multimedia files, and displaying thumbnails of the multimedia files in a first region of a screen of a display element. The thumbnails of the multimedia files are capable of being selected such that the multimedia files can be played directly and instantly. | 08-11-2011 |
20120047456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ICON BOARD BASED OPERATION INTERFACE THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for implementing an icon board based operation interface thereof are provided. In the method, a plurality of areas within a screen frame on a screen of the electronic device are arranged for respectively displaying a plurality of function boards, in which each of the function boards is corresponding to one of a plurality of main functions supported by the electronic device. For each main function including at least one sub-function, a sub-function icon thereof is generated according to a relevant historical operating information, and a main function icon of the main function and the sub-function icon of each sub-function are displayed together on the function board of the main function. | 02-23-2012 |
20130290886 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PRESENTING APPLICATION LISTS - A method for presenting application list is disclosed, which is applied to an electronic device. The method includes activating a list arrangement program which reads several applications and generates categorized application list accordingly. Each application is associated with one of the categories, and includes objects representing the application. The categorized application list includes several groups, each of them includes a category name of one category and the objects associating with one or more applications under the category. The method further includes receiving the control command for displaying one of the groups at the index region of the user interface of the electronic device. The index region is arranged at the side of the user interface. Thus, an application list which is categorized may be provided for improving the convenience of accessing applications. | 10-31-2013 |
20130326558 | METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED VIRTUAL CHANNEL MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK-BASED MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL CHANNELS - A method for personalized virtual channel management includes: determining whether a received command is associated with virtual channel switching, wherein a network-based multimedia reproduction system is in mode of a first channel zone of a personalized channel zone; if yes, checking whether a channel value corresponding to the command exists in the first channel zone; if yes, executing an application corresponding to the channel value in the first channel zone to retrieve digital contents and display the digital contents on a screen of the network-based multimedia reproduction system; determining a desired channel zone if the command is associated with switching of the personalized channel zone; checking whether at least one log-in command matches log-in information of the desired channel zone; if yes, switching the network-based multimedia reproduction system to a mode of the desired channel zone in the personalized channel zone. | 12-05-2013 |
20140013356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CHANNEL INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for providing channel information is illustrated. The method includes: receiving a command for switching channels when a first channel content is displayed on a display unit; determining whether the command indicates a continuous switching mode or a discrete switching mode; displaying the first channel content and descriptive information of a plurality of channels being switched until a second channel among the channels being switched is selected at the continuous switching mode; displaying preview information of the second channel to replace the first channel content and loading the second channel content when the second channel is selected at the continuous switching mode or when the second channel is switched according to the command at the discrete switching mode; displaying the second channel content when loading completed. The data quantity of the preview information is larger than that of the description information. | 01-09-2014 |
20140068013 | METHOD OF PLAYING INTERNET VIDEO AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of playing an internet video for an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes receiving data associated with the internet video from a network, wherein the video data includes information of a highest resolution and a lowest resolution of the internet video; determining a first display resolution range according to a network bandwidth utilized by the electronic device; and selecting a first resolution for playing the internet video according to the first display resolution range and whether the electronic device has stored a complete data associated with the internet video with the highest resolution. | 03-06-2014 |
20140157317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTI-AXIS OPERATION INTERFACE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An electronic device includes a storage module for storing a plurality of first information items and a plurality of second information items corresponding to each of the first information items; a display module for displaying a multi-axis operation interface, which includes a plurality of first information display regions, a plurality of second information display regions and a common display region, the first information display regions being arranged along a first axis and used for displaying the first information items, the second information display regions being arranged along a second axis and used for displaying the second information items, the first axis intersecting the second axis at the common display region; and a control unit for controlling the first information items to move along the first axis or controlling the second information items to move along the second axis. | 06-05-2014 |
20140259072 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE, MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Method for providing an electronic program guide includes the following steps. First electronic program list data is grouped according to at least two condition factors not related to program broadcasting time to generate at least a first set of two-dimensional program list data. A display unit of a multimedia reproduction system is controlled to display the at least the first set of two-dimensional program list data on a screen thereof, wherein the screen displays a plurality of image blocks on a first plane, the image blocks on the first plane individually represent at least a portion of programs corresponding to the first set of two-dimensional program list data and are arranged according to first and second coordinate axes corresponding to first and second condition factors. When the system receives a selection indication, a program represented by one image block corresponding to the selection indication is played on the screen. | 09-11-2014 |
20140259075 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, NETWORK-BASED MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL CHANNEL, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Method for virtual channel management, in an embodiment, includes the following steps. A command including a keyword is detected. Searching local program data for any program satisfying a first search criterion which includes the keyword is made to obtain a local search result, and searching for any external network video content satisfying the first search criterion is made to obtain an external search result. A program list is generated with a combination of the local and external search results. The program list is presented. If a selection indicating virtual channel addition is detected during the presenting of the program list, the program list is set to be a virtual channel associated with a channel identity code, and program content of the virtual channel is played. While the network-based multimedia reproduction system operates, if the channel identity code is detected to be selected, the program content thereof is played. | 09-11-2014 |
20140304740 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG), an electronic device, and a computer readable medium are provided. After a guide enable signal is received, a program database is searched according to a current channel to obtain a current category corresponding to the current channel. The program database includes a plurality of categories, each category includes a plurality of channels, and each channel includes a plurality of programs. A program menu corresponding to the current channel is displayed according to a dependence relationship between the current category, the current channel, and the programs of the current channel in the program database. | 10-09-2014 |