Patent ID: 7650569

Claim:
A method for navigation of television program listings within a user interface, the method comprising: successively displaying a first set of visual cards in a first area of the user interface, successively displaying including automatically transitioning from display of a first visual card of the first set of visual cards to display of a second visual card of the first set of visual cards at the conclusion of a user definable first time period without any user action, each visual card of the first set of visual cards representing a corresponding broadcast time slot associated with a graphically represented first card characteristic; successively displaying a corresponding set of visual cards in a different area of the user interface, wherein the corresponding set presents an animated time slot indicator that outlines the time slot associated with the displayed first set of cards, as well as outlining in phantom the preceding and succeeding contiguous time slots; and selecting a particular visual card of the first set of visual cards to display a television program corresponding to the time slot represented by the selected visual card.