Patent ID: 7581182
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of using a graphical user interface to navigate a media center having a computer including an associated graphics processor to generate three-dimensional images, comprising: the computer and associated graphics processor displaying a remote control icon that is a three-dimensional representation of a physical universal remote control of the media center; and in response to a user inputting a command by pressing a button of the physical universal remote control, the computer and associated graphics processor updating said three-dimensional representation to display a three-dimensional animation of the button being depressed on the three-dimensional representation of the physical universal remote control to indicate to the user that the command was received by the media center, wherein updating said three-dimensional representation comprises displaying a three-dimensional perspective view of the button being depressed on the three-dimensional representation of the physical universal remote control.