Patent ID: 7853972

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: displaying a menu arranged in an interface environment, the menu comprising a list of menu items, each of the menu items associated with corresponding video content; in response to a first user input that causes one of the displayed menu items to be highlighted: highlighting the menu item; displaying in the interface environment and proximate to the menu only a first abstraction of the highlighted menu item, the first abstraction having a first size and being a first representation of the video content associated with the highlighted menu item; determining that the highlighted menu item has been highlighted for a predetermined time period, and in response to the determination: scaling the first abstraction to a second size different from the first size; transitioning a second abstraction of the highlighted menu item into the interface environment proximate to the scaled first abstraction, the second abstraction only displayed with the scaled first abstraction and being a second representation of the video content associated with the highlighted menu item; and in response to a second user input being a selection of a highlighted menu item, presenting the video content associated with the highlighted menu item.