Patent ID: 7574656
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for navigating a plurality of options within a user interface, comprising: scrolling a first sequence of graphical representations of options along a first axis through a spatially-fixed focus area of the user interface, wherein the first sequence includes at least a first option, a second option, and a third option, and wherein each of the first, second, and third options is of a different type than the other two options; enabling scrolling of a particular graphical representation of an option from the first sequence into the focus area; and scrolling a second sequence of graphical representations of options along a second, perpendicular axis through the same spatially-fixed focus area of the user interface, wherein the first and second sequences intersect to form quadrants within the user interface; scrolling a particular graphical representation of the first option into the focus area, wherein scrolling the graphical representation of the first option into the focus area automatically and without further user intervention results in the second sequence of graphical representations being repopulated with a plurality of different options relating to the first option; wherein the first option in the focus area is replaced with an option from the second sequence upon the first option being scrolled into the focus area, and wherein no option in the first sequence is included in the second sequence.