Patent ID: 7930650

Claim:
A method, comprising: generating a media menu interface comprising a plurality of media menu items; defining a plurality of media menu item positions in the media menu interface for the plurality of media menu items, each of the media menu item positions arranged along a one- dimensional path; highlighting with a highlight indicator a media menu item for selection; generating in the media menu interface a plurality of media menu item abstractions corresponding to the media menu items; defining a foreground position and a plurality of background positions in the media menu interface, each of the foreground position and background positions arranged along a multidimensional path separate from the one-dimensional path and being a position to which the media menu item abstractions transition according to the highlighted media menu item, and wherein the media menu item abstractions are displayed in the positions along the multidimensional path concurrently with the media menu items being displayed in the media menu item positions along the one-dimensional path; transitioning the media menu item abstractions into each of the background positions and the foreground position so that a media menu item abstraction corresponding to a-the highlighted media menu item transitions into the foreground position and after the transition is displayed in the foreground position, and media menu item abstractions corresponding to media menu items that are not highlighted transition into the background positions and after the transition are displayed in the background positions, wherein a media menu item abstraction is displayed in each of the foreground position and background positions after each transition, and a relative proximity of a media menu item to its corresponding media menu item abstraction changes in relation to a position of the highlight indicator relative to the menu item; receiving a selection of a highlighted media menu item; and transitioning a media menu item abstraction corresponding to the selected media menu item from the foreground position to a title position along the one-dimensional path, wherein after the media menu item abstraction has been transitioned into the title position the media menu item abstraction is displayed only in the title position and the media menu item abstractions corresponding to the media menu items that are not selected are not displayed; wherein transitioning a media menu item abstraction corresponding to the selected home menu item from the foreground position to a title position comprises: transitioning the media menu abstraction from the foreground position to the title position along a path defining a beginning at the foreground position and a terminus at the title position; and reducing a size of the media menu abstraction as the media menu abstraction transitions from the foreground position to the title position.