The present application discloses a GUI method for providing menu items, which is used to automatically adjust display locations of the menu items according to a setting language of a display device. The method includes: displaying an image content in a content display area of a display in response to a first control instruction input by a user and used for displaying the image content; and calculating a layout location of at least one menu item in a menu display area of the display based on a setting language of the display device, where the at least one menu item is configured for the image content and used to perform functions required for the image content; and displaying the at least one menu item based on the calculated layout location.

An intelligent television can provide interfaces for indicating automatically one or more game sources from a plurality of game application sources, each game application source providing game content for user selection. On user selection of game content, intelligent television settings are automatically accessed to enable a game mode comprised of increasing a rate speed associated with a response to an input and discovering and initializing at least one game controller for the selected game.

An apparatus and method for providing various audio environments in a multimedia content playback system are disclosed. The content processing terminal of the multimedia content playback system includes an audio signal processor for processing the audio source of multimedia content to produce a voice source and a background source, a controller for controlling the audio signal processor to adjust at least one of the voice source and the background source in accordance with a volume control signal, a GUI processor for acquiring a graphical user interface (GUI) component corresponding to the volume control signal, and a display processor for processing the GUI component and providing the processed GUI component to a display device.

An intelligent television system provides an operating system and an application framework for controlling a user interface to handle user input events from a handheld remote control. The remote control includes color keys that are configured for triggering different functions in different application panels displayed on the television.

A method includes receiving, from a first device at a second device, first input corresponding to selection of a previous channel option. The method includes, responsive to the first input, sending list data to a display device coupled to the second device, where the list data enables a display of a list of previously displayed channels. The list includes multiple elements and a selection indicator associated with a first element of the list. Each element of the multiple elements corresponds to a previously displayed channel. The method includes receiving, from the first device, second input corresponding to selection of a next channel option. The method also includes sending updated list data based on the second input to the display device. The updated list data updates the display to change an association of the selection indicator from the first element to a second element of the list.

A method for controlling a menu displayed on a screen from a number of menu elements arranged in a grid with an input interface containing a pushbutton with a number of haptically detectable segments arranged in the grid, wherein the number of menu elements corresponds to the number of haptically detectable segments so that a haptically detectable segment on the pushbutton is assigned to each menu element of the menu, comprising receiving a position signal that depends on the position of a user's finger on the pushbutton; highlighting the menu element assigned to the haptically detectable menu element located at the finger's position; and activating a function assigned to the highlighted menu element if the pushbutton is pressed.

An Intelligent Television provides unique user interfaces and user interface interactions to provide social media. The interfaces and interface are intuitive and allow the user to quickly retrieve and view social media with respect to content displayed on the Intelligent Television. Further, intuitive user interface interactions are provided to allow for the quick and efficient posting of social media from the Intelligent Television to a social media site.

The following units are included: a signal acquiring unit (102) acquiring a device control signal that is transmitted from a device remote controller (200) and used to control a device (300); an extended function determining unit (103) acquiring a control program for executing an extended function that corresponds to the device control signal and is not supported by the device (300) by collating the device control signal acquired with accumulated information; and an output control unit (108) controlling a corresponding output apparatus (400) by executing the control program acquired.

Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.

Disclosed is an interface display method, including: acquiring a button value and judging whether the acquired button value is a button value associated with any one of the shortcut applications, if yes, sending a first preset message and a second preset message to each of the shortcut applications; when a first shortcut application having an application identifier being different from the application identifier carried by the first preset message receives the first preset message, judging whether an application interface is in a display state, if yes, terminating the display of the application interface; when a second shortcut application having an application identifier being the same as the application identifier carried by the first preset message receives the first preset message and the second preset message, judging whether an application interface is in a display state, if yes, terminating the display of the application interface, or else displaying the application interface.