Patent ID: 7600243
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method in a single computing device for interacting with a user operating a video transaction system installed on the single computing device, comprising: generating a graphical representation comprising multiple panels of a quilt-based user interface, the graphical representation indicating a geometric layout of the multiple panels, each panel being connected to at least one other of the multiple panels and having at least one associated action that initiates invocation of at least one of multiple functions provided by the video transaction system, the multiple functions including at least video item transaction initiation, video item acquisition, and video item presentation; presenting a first one of the multiple panels as a current panel, the first panel displaying indicators of multiple categories of video items associated with the first panel, and the first panel substantially obscuring a second one of the multiple panels, the second panel having an associated selected category of video items; in response to a first received input event that selects one of the indicated multiple categories of video items associated with the first panel, wherein the selected category of video items associated with the first panel is not contained by the selected category of video items associated with the second panel, in response to a second received input event that selects a video item from the indicators of multiple video items displayed in the third panel,