{
  "patent_number": "US 8176439",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Browse TV Shows Using 3D Virtual Objects",
  "original_title": "Navigating content",
  "summary": "A method for organizing television content by mapping category labels onto 3D surfaces that transform into video players when selected.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a way to navigate digital content by placing it in a virtual 3D environment. The system displays multiple 3D surfaces, like panels or cubes, each labeled with a television content category (e.g., sports, news, or movies). When a user selects a specific surface, the system replaces the label with actual video content associated with that category. Crucially, the video only plays on the selected surface, leaving the other surfaces in the 3D space unchanged or visible.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover 2D grid-based menu systems for television content",
    "Does not cover video playback that occupies the entire display screen",
    "Does not cover non-interactive static 3D models of content",
    "Does not cover content navigation that relies solely on text-based lists"
  ],
  "filed": "2010-02-04",
  "granted": "2012-05-08",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "JLB Ventures LLC",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/jlb-ventures-llc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Yakov Kamen",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/yakov-kamen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Leon Shirman",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/leon-shirman"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 18,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "One embodiment of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which information obtained from a uniform resource locator is converted into at least one texture. The texture is mapped onto a surface of a three-dimensional object located in the virtual three-dimensional space thereby forming a three-dimensional navigation mechanism.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8176439/windows-8-live-tiles",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8176439/windows-8-live-tiles/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8176439",
  "relatedPatents": []
}