Patent ID: 7783497

Claim:
A method for providing real-time adaptive visual browsing of digital content comprising: presenting a ticker on a display for browsing of a plurality of digital content, wherein the plurality of digital content are for viewing by a user of a processing system, the ticker having a plurality of items, each item including an image representing at least one of the plurality of digital content; receiving a user input selection from a remote control device operated by the user, the user input selection initiating display of a selected one of the plurality of digital content to the user; identifying at least one metatag for the selected one of the plurality of digital content, the metatag including a content attribute; using the content attribute to identify a similar or related content attribute in a second metatag associated with a different digital content of the plurality of digital content for viewing; and in response to identifying the similar or related content attribute, changing at least one of the items in the ticker to a new item corresponding to the different digital content.