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View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	The system 400 may be configured to provide a word message 602, e.g. “Buy”, a phrase message 604, e.g., “Buy the displayed item,” or an instructional message 606, e.g., “Please press the “Buy” button to purchase the displayed item.” The instructional message 606 may be particularly useful, in that it may provide step-by-step instructions, in the userʼs preferred language, concerning the operation of the remote control 106.	90	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	In some embodiments, a map 702 of the remote control 106 (or a portion thereof) is displayed in order to help the user locate a particular button, as illustrated in FIG. 7. The map 702 may include a plurality of icons 404 from the repository 402, which are arranged according to the relative locations of the corresponding buttons on the remote control 106. The map 702 may include other graphical elements, such as a semitransparent outline of a remote control to provide a context for the displayed icons 404. In addition, the map 702 may contain icons 404 corresponding to buttons that are not used for interactive options 408, such as, for example, the power button 206. In one embodiment, the map 702 is displayed by the icon display module 410.	91	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	An icon 404a corresponding to a currently available interactive option 408 may be visually emphasized within the map 702 through highlighting, animation, scaling, or the like. This allows the user to rapidly determine the location of the corresponding button within the remote control 106.	92	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	Moreover, the description 422a of the interactive option 408 may be displayed in connection with the icon 404a, as previously described. The description 422a, likewise, may be visually emphasized using the techniques discussed above to bring the same to the attention of the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the description 422a associated with the icon 404a corresponding to the “Compra” button 230 may be cyclically scaled (e.g., enlarged and reduced) in an animated fashion to attract the userʼs attention. Alternatively, the description 422a may be rotated, translated, or the like. Of course, the illustrated animation is merely exemplary, and many other techniques for animation may be used.	93	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	The size and location of each icon 404a within the map 702 is preferably relative to the size and location of the corresponding button of the remote control 106. Thus, to locate a button of the remote control 106, a user may compare the size and location of a displayed icon 404a corresponding to an available interactive option 408 with the size and location of corresponding buttons of the remote control 106.	94	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	Of course, the map 702 need not correspond to the entire remote control 106. For example, the map 702 may represent only the “top” or “bottom” halves of the remote control 106, or some other discrete portion thereof.	95	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a user may switch between an icon view 802 and a map view 804. The icon view 802 may correspond to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4-6 in which an icon 404 representing an available interactive option 408 is displayed with a description 422. The map view 804 may correspond to the embodiment depicted in FIG. 7 in which a map 702 is displayed.	96	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	In one embodiment, the icon view 802 may be the default view, with the map view 804 being displayed only in response to a user pressing an appropriate button on the remote control 106, such as a “View” button 806. For remote controls 106 designed for specific languages the “View” button 806 may include text markings in a default language such as Italian, e.g. “Guardar.” A speaker of a language other than the default language may learn the function of the “Guardar” button 806 through minimal assistance, translated manuals, or on-line help. Alternatively, the map view 804 may be the default view. The “View” button 806 may be configured to toggle the display between the icon view 802 and the map view 804 in various embodiments.	97	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	Referring now to FIG. 9, there is shown a flowchart of a method 900 for assisting a speaker of a first language in operating a remote control device 106 designed for a speaker of a second language. The method 900 begins by storing 902 in a repository 402 an icon 404 for each of a plurality of interactive options 408 available at various times within a system 400. In addition, a description 422, in the first language, is stored 904 with each icon 404 describing the corresponding interactive option 408.	98	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	When an interactive option 408 becomes available, an icon 404 corresponding to the interactive option 408 is retrieved 906 from the repository 402. In addition, a language assistant 414 retrieves a corresponding description 422 from a language module 416 corresponding to the preferred language of the user. Thereafter, the icon 404 is superimposed 908, in one embodiment, over currently-displayed programming 409 or other displayed content. Next, the description 422 is presented 910, in one embodiment, by displaying the description 422 in close proximity to the icon 404. Additionally, an audible message 602, 604, 606 may be presented to the user via conventional voice synthesis techniques.	99	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	As noted previously, a user may switch between a map view 804 and an icon view 802 of the icon 404 and description 422 by pressing an appropriate button, such as a “View” button 806. In certain configurations, the icon 404 and/or description 422 may be visually emphasized to attract the userʼs attention. Various types of visual emphasis are contemplated, such as highlighting, animation, scaling, etc.	100	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	A determination 912 is then made as to whether the user has selected the available interactive option 408 using the remote control 106, e.g. was the correct button pressed. If so, an audible confirmation is generated 914 to alert the user to the fact that the correct button was pressed. The interactive option 408 is then activated 916 using conventional techniques.	101	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	Based upon the foregoing, the present invention offers numerous advantages not available in conventional interactive television systems. In response to an interactive option becoming available, an instructional user interface icon is displayed to assist a user in identifying and/or locating a corresponding button on the remote control. In addition, a description accompanies the icon when the user speaks a language other than the default language of the remote control. The description provides meaning for the icon and may generate interest for activating the interactive option. Each icon shares a common visual characteristic with a corresponding button, such as shape, color, text markings, graphical markings, size, relative position, and the like. Accordingly, the user is not required to read a translated printed manual or an on-line help screen to make use of an interactive option.	102	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	While specific embodiments and applications of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise configuration and components disclosed herein. Various modifications, changes, and variations which will be apparent to those skilled in the art may be made in the arrangement, operation, and details of the methods and systems of the present invention disclosed herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.	103	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	Claim 1.A method for assisting a speaker of a first language in operating a remote control device designed for a speaker of a second language, the method comprising:	104	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	storing an icon for each of a plurality of interactive options periodically available within an interactive television system, each interactive option corresponding to a button on the remote control device, each icon sharing a common visual characteristic with a button on the remote control device;	105	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	US6559866B2	storing with each icon a description, in the first language, of a corresponding interactive option;	106	Added by DJM 12 2021	12/23/21, 12:00 AM

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