Patent ID: 7487460
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-storage media having embodied thereon an interface that allows a software application to facilitate a method of presenting a variety of data representations in a screen-area inset of a distance user interface presented on a display device, which distance-user interface includes a background area and the screen-area inset within the background area, the method comprising: providing said distance user interface (DUI), wherein said DUI comprises: a menu display in a first layer, the menu display including a first plurality of selectable links that are disposed within said layer, each selectable link having a functional identifier discemable by a user from a television-viewing distance, said menu display allowing for the operation of said computer, wherein said television-viewing distance in feet is approximately half a viewable screen size of said display device measured in inches, and a selectable-link marker indicating which of the first plurality of selectable links has the focus; communicating one or more commands from the software application to the screen-area inset, the screen-area inset having an ability to present one or more of a plurality of media experiences on said DUI; and communicating information to the screen-area inset, wherein the information is rendered and persistently presented in the inset without regard to changes in the background that does not include said screen-area inset.