Patent ID: 9552128
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for displaying selection items on a user interface comprising: receiving, by a user interface rendering system, a request for a navigation element for an interactive program guide, wherein the navigation element contains a plurality of selectable navigation objects and each of said plurality of selectable navigation objects contains both active and inactive selection items, wherein said inactive selection items are not selectable; dynamically retrieving a plurality of active and inactive selection items associated with the navigation element and at least one of said selectable navigation objects; dynamically filtering the plurality of active and inactive selection items to reduce the number of active and inactive selection items to be rendered, wherein during the filtering step, a characteristic of each of the plurality of active and inactive selection items is changed to reflect the filtered status; and rendering the reduced number of active and inactive selection items on a display, wherein said retrieving and filtering steps are performed prior to rendering any active and inactive selection items on said display, wherein the rendering step provides a graphical representation of said rendered reduced number of active and inactive selection items in the navigation element visible on the display and wherein each of the rendered reduced number of active selection items on the display are selectable by an image or icon visible on the display.