Patent ID: 8640052

Claim:
A method comprising: launching, by a media content access system, a graphical user interface for display, the graphical user interface initially including a graphical representation of a channel guide presented relative to a graphical representation of a stage, the graphical representation of the channel guide comprising a three-dimensional grid matrix of a plurality of channel icons, the plurality of channel icons arranged in both a plurality of horizontal rows and a plurality of columns perpendicular to the horizontal rows, the plurality of channel icons representing a plurality of media content channels through which media content is accessible by the media content access system and arranged in the plurality of horizontal rows in the three-dimensional grid matrix with a first horizontal row of channel icons positioned at a forefront of the three-dimensional grid matrix and a plurality of other horizontal rows of channel icons positioned at progressively increasing depths from the forefront of the three-dimensional grid matrix, and detecting, by the media content access system, a user navigation event within the channel guide displayed in the graphical user interface, the user navigation event comprising a command to scroll the three-dimensional grid matrix of channel icons relative to the stage; and replacing, by the media content access system in response to the user navigation event, the first horizontal row of channel icons positioned at the forefront of the three-dimensional grid matrix by directionally scrolling the three-dimensional grid matrix of channel icons relative to the stage.