Patent ID: 8150804

Claim:
A hierarchical user interface of a media player for accessing media assets in a hierarchically ordered manner controlled by a processor of the media player, said interface comprising a data structure that classifies said media assets into two following groups: a. a first group of media assets that a user owns a right to consume, wherein said hierarchical user interface displays a first list of user selectable items on a first display screen after a plurality of user's input actions on a input device of the media player, wherein said items represent a subgroup of said first group of media assets, wherein said items are displayed in a sequentially ordered manner; and b. a second group of media assets that the user does not own a right to consume, wherein said hierarchical user interface displays a second list of user selectable items on a second display screen after a user's persist actuation of an input device in exceeding of a predetermined period of time while an optical mark controlled by an input device is being pointed to the last displayed item of said first list, wherein said second list of user selectable items represent a subgroup of said second group of media assets, wherein said interface further comprises a means of receiving the user's selection of one of said second list of displayed items through the input device and paying for owning the right to consume the selected media asset, wherein said interface further comprises a means of exiting the second display screen and returning to said first display screen after receiving a user's input action, and wherein actuation time is measured by the processor of the media player and said predetermined period of time is preset in between 1 to 10 seconds.