Patent ID: 7594246
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for navigating a plurality of options within a user interface, the method comprising: displaying on a display screen a first sequence of scrollable cards along a first axis of the user interface, each card in the first sequence graphically representing a different interactive application program such that each card in the first sequence is positioned adjacent to at least one other card in the first sequence that represents a different interactive application program; allowing a user to scroll the first sequence of cards along the first axis through a focus area of the user interface; in response to a first card from the first sequence representing a first interactive application program being scrolled into the focus area without an additional selection action with respect to the first card, and while continuing to display the first sequence of cards along the first axis, displaying a second sequence of cards along a second axis of the user interface, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis and intersecting the first axis at the same focus area such that the first sequence and the second sequence visually divide the user interface into four quadrants and such that none of the cards that visually divide the user interface are scrollable into any of the four quadrants, each card in the second sequence graphically representing a different option associated with the first interactive application program, wherein cards in the first sequence are only scrollable along the first axis, and wherein cards in the second sequence are only scrollable along the second axis; in response to a second card from the first sequence representing a second interactive application program being scrolled into the focus area without an additional selection action with respect to the second card, replacing the second sequence of cards with a third sequence of cards along the second axis, each card in the third sequence graphically representing a different option associated with the second interactive application program, the options of the second interactive application program being associated with a different media format or communication format than the options of the first interactive application program, wherein only the options of the second interactive program appear on the user interface immediately after the second sequence of cards has been replaced by the third sequence of cards such that only options associated with a single media format or communication format are displayed simultaneously on the user interface; and allowing a user to scroll the third sequence of cards along the second axis through the same focus area, wherein a representation of only one option at a time is scrolled through the focus area.