Patent ID: 8782555

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving user interface panels each configured for individual display on a small screen device, each user interface panel representing a page of a user interface and encompassing a small display screen when displayed; displaying a nested user interface that includes a plurality of the user interface panels, including at least a first user interface panel and a second user interface panel, displayed together to form the nested user interface on a display device, the plurality of the user interface panels displayed proximate one another for display as a cascading menu of media content menu choices, the plurality of the user interface panels of the nested user interface displayed together on a television client device; responsive to a user selection of a media content menu choice in the first user interface panel, transitioning a focus of the nested user interface from the first user interface panel to the second user interface panel by at least repositioning both the first user interface panel and the second user interface panel; and displaying the user interface panels individually and sequentially on the small screen device.