Patent ID: 8726159

Claim:
A system comprising: a media content processing subsystem comprising at least one processor and configured to provide a first interactive graphical user interface to a display for presentation to a user in response to a transmission of an input command, said first interactive graphical user interface corresponding to a first content level or an intermediate content level within a navigation thread, said first interactive graphical user interface comprising: a first menu in a first region of said display, said first menu including selectable entries, and a content listing in a second region of said display, said content listing showing a preview of content items related to at least one of said selectable entries of said first menu, provide an end interactive graphical user interface to said display for presentation to said user in response to a repeat transmission of said input command, said end interactive graphical user interface corresponding to an end content level within said navigation thread˜said end interactive graphical user interface comprising: a second menu in said first region of said display, said second menu including selectable entries corresponding to said content items shown in said content listing in said second region of said first interactive graphical user interface, and a third menu in said second region of said display, said third menu including selectable entries related to at least one of said selectable entries of said second menu, provide a graphical object within said third menu of said end interactive graphical user interface, and perform an action corresponding to a selected entry within said third menu of said end interactive graphical user interface in response to another repeat transmission of said input command, wherein said input command is generated in response to an actuation of a single right navigation button that is a part of a user input device, said graphical object is in the form of a directional right arrow symbol indicating that said action corresponding to said selected entry is selectable by actuation of said single right navigation button, and said selected entry corresponds to a media content instance and wherein said action comprises at least one of playing, recording, and purchasing said media content instance.