Patent ID: 8605219

Claim:
A method comprising: outputting a graphical user interface including a widget and any combination of objects on a video display; receiving one or more key events from a remote control; updating the graphical user interface by moving the widget a fixed distance in response to each direction key activation, if the one or more key events indicate activation of one or more direction keys; responsive to a determination that the one or more key events indicates activation of an enter key, determining if the widget is proximate a first object of the graphical user interface; and only responsive to a determination that the widget is proximate the first object, initiating a function designated by the first object in response to the activation of the enter key and otherwise not initiating the function designated by the first object; wherein the outputting of the graphical user interface to include the plurality of objects is executed if the graphical user interface has a substantially uniform format; updating the substantially uniform formatted graphical user interface by moving an indication of a currently active object in a predetermined order in response to each direction key activation if the one or more key events indicate activation of one or more direction keys; and initiating a function designated by the currently active object in response to the activation of the enter key if the widget is proximate the given object in the asymmetric formatted graphical user interface.