Patent ID: 7603622

Claim:
A method for configuring a user interface using three frames for a Digital Media Player (DMP) in a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system, comprising the steps of: a) setting each of all source, all renderer, and all menu items of the DLNA system to a separate axis of a set of three axes; b) selecting two predetermined axes of the set of three axes and a contents list according to a selection by a DMP user of an operation to be performed within the DLNA system; and c) configuring and displaying a user interface of the DMP using two frames for the display of the two predetermined axes and using one frame for the display of the contents list according to the selection of step b); wherein when one of the two predetermined axes is a renderer axis and predetermined contents of the contents list are selected, the configuring and displaying step further comprises the step of displaying within a frame for displaying the renderer axis only renderer devices capable of outputting a format for supporting the predetermined contents.