Patent ID: 8291321

Claim:
A method for displaying information corresponding to video inputs for a display device, the method comprising: displaying an input select menu of a graphical user interface containing an up button, a down button, and a list of video inputs available to the display device based on a variable ordering of the list of video inputs, wherein the variable ordering is based on a manual ordering that moves the video inputs in response to command signals generated from the up and down buttons and an automatic ordering that uses a combination of a frequency of use and a length time in use for each of the video inputs over a variously indicated period; wherein the variable ordering is further based on a combination of fixed manual placement, which inserts a specific video input from the list of video inputs in a desired place, and the automatic ordering, which dictates the variable ordering of a remainder of video inputs; determining the variable ordering of the list of video inputs selectively based on the manual ordering and the automatic ordering; resetting the variable ordering list of video inputs upon subsequent detection of the manual ordering or the automatic ordering; and automatically updating the variable ordering based upon the subsequent detection using data corresponding to the frequency of use and the length of time in use for each of the video inputs over the variously indicated period.