Patent ID: 6678891
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
A navigational user interface system for interactive television, comprising:(a) means for displaying pages, the pages being displayed individually and in consecutive order, and the pages having cells from which a selection can be made; (b) first stationary means for focusing on a selected page and displaying related cells containing a series of choices; and (c) second stationary means for focusing on a selected cell and displaying a drawable containing information about the cell, wherein the cells rotate into and out of the second stationary focus means, and wherein the cells are contained within a grid of cells having rows and columns, each row of,cells being scrollable to the left and to the right, and each scroll giving focus to a different cell in the row until the last cell in the row in the direction of scrolling receives focus, at which point further scrolling in the same direction causing focus to remain with the last cell.