Patent ID: 8607268

Claim:
A method comprising: grouping each of a plurality of representations of content that is currently available via a network for consumption into a respective one of a plurality of categories; and outputting an electronic program guide for display on a touch screen of a mobile entertainment appliance, the electronic program guide configured to present content grouped within the plurality of categories in a grid display such that: said representations of content in a matching said category are arranged for display together in the electronic program guide; a representation is displayed to denote a respective said category; the electronic program guide is manipulable via a gesture applied to the touch screen to scroll through the representations of different items of content within the grid display that are grouped in an individual category during concurrent display in the grid display of one or more other representations of other content associated with another said category on the touch screen that remain as is, such that items within different concurrently displayed categories are scrollable independently from one another, the representation of the category being scrollable together with the different items of content within the category such that a continued scroll in a single direction includes a progression through each of the representations of the different items of content within the category and return to the representation of the category; and at least one said category, which does not have one or more items categorized of the currently available content, is not presented for display in the electronic program guide.