Patent ID: 8607163
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting media content of a media title obtained from a content source, the content comprising a plurality of content items which are accessible by an interactive menu structure, the method comprising: presenting content, via a display, to a user in a preview presentation mode in which a portion of each of a set of the content items available for presentation relating to a target of a branch of the menu structure is automatically presented to the user for all possible links of a corresponding branch before moving onto a next branch of the menu structure in a sequence of the content items relating to links of the menu structure without requiring the user to manually navigate various paths'of the menu structure while in the preview presentation mode, wherein the target comprises (i) a content item and (ii) another menu with a further set of links, wherein the sequence further comprises a navigation path that the preview presentation mode follows through all navigational branches of multiple levels of the menu structure for automatically exploring the menu structure one branch at a time, wherein the preview presentation mode further comprises (a) indicating a context of (a)(i) the content item and (a)(ii) the another menu that is about to be presented to the user when displaying a selection menu of links by highlighting a menu link which is about to be followed before following the corresponding menu link, and (b) displaying simultaneously with preview of a content item (b)(i) information about the content item currently being previewed and (b)(ii) a corresponding position of the content item currently being previewed within a tree-diagram of the menu structure.