Patent ID: 6072483
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A system for selectively displaying internet content and television programming on a display, the system comprising:a client, including a display, and channels separately representing individual television content and individual internet content;means for selecting between the channels and accessing the selected channel content, wherein when an individual television content channel or an individual internet content channel is selected the client presents the content associated with the selected channel on the display;means for presenting on the display an internet gateway interface which selectively scrolls through links to selected web pages organized according to templates corresponding to web page content displayed on internet content channels comprising a dynamic interface including means for scrolling through selected topics of a first set, links of a second set associated with each selected topic, and objects associated with each link;a server, including means for establishing a data connection with the client and downloading data along the data connection to the client; anda menu for providing a single uniform interface to enable the user to navigate among the channels of internet sites and television stations, comprising a rotary wheel menu, wherein the rotary wheel menu comprises a series of panels which appear to occupy three-dimensional space including extending behind the display, wherein the panels on the front side of the rotary wheel menu can be viewed on the display and the distance between adjacent panels decreases and eventually overlaps towards the zenith and nadir of the rotary wheel, whereby the extreme panels displayed on the display appear to move behind other displayed panels.