Patent ID: 7743341

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating in a display device an interface environment; generating in the display device a plurality of icons, one of the icons displayed in a foreground position and the remaining icons displayed in background positions in the interface environment, the foreground and background positions arranged along a multidimensional path, and one of the background positions defining a terminus position representative of a terminus of the multidimensional path, wherein the icons transition between the foreground position and the background positions along the multidimensional path; generating in the display device a selection menu defining a plurality of content-specific menu items displayed in corresponding menu item positions arranged along a one-dimensional path separate from the multidimensional path, each menu item corresponding to and representing a respective movies content type, music content type, television programs content type, and photos content type, and each content type represented by each menu item being different from the content types represented by the other menu items, and wherein each of the plurality of icons corresponds to only a respective one of the plurality of menu items, and each icon is representative of only the content type of its corresponding menu item so that each of the movies content type, music content type, television programs content type and photos content type is represented by only one respective menu item and one respective icon, and the plurality of icons and the plurality of menu items are concurrently displayed; and generating in the display device a highlight indicator configured to highlight a menu item to generate a highlighted menu item, the highlighted menu item corresponding to the icon in the foreground position, wherein changing the highlight indicator from the highlighted menu item to another menu item to be highlighted causes an icon corresponding to the another menu item to transition from a background position to the foreground position; wherein a relative proximity of a menu item to its corresponding icon changes in relation to a position of the highlight indicator relative to the menu item.