Patent ID: 8615776

Claim:
An audio video (AV) device comprising: a processor accessing instructions on a computer readable medium to execute the instructions to control a video display to present a user interface (UI) on the display, wherein the UI has top and bottom edges and left and right edges therebetween, and has plural UI selector elements including: in order from top to bottom adjacent the left edge, a left-most column of tabbed selector elements including a “video” tab, a “cast” tab, a “related” tab, a “text search” tab, a “history” tab, and a “bookmarks” tab, wherein the “video” tab, “cast” tab, and “related” tab represent types of information and/or AV programs related to a seed input to the processor, wherein the tabbed selector elements are selectable to cause the information and/or AV programs represented by the respective tab to be presented on a central information/video area of the UI; and in order from top to bottom adjacent the right edge, a right-most column of iconified selector elements for selecting respective AV program sources, including at least one TV signal source icon and at least one Internet source icon, wherein the iconified selector elements represent sources from which information and/or AV programs related to the seed are available, wherein the iconified selector elements are selectable to cause information and/or AV programs related to the seed to be received from the respective source and presented on the central information/video area, wherein: wherein the processor when executing the instructions is configured for: responsive to selection of the “video” tab in a seed mode of “video”, presenting a description of a currently input AV program related to the seed; responsive to selection of the “video” tab in a seed mode of “cast”, presenting names of plural AV programs other than the currently input AV program; responsive to selection of the “cast” tab in the seed mode of “video”, presenting names of at least one person associated with the currently input AV program; responsive to selection of the “cast” tab in a seed mode of “cast”, presenting biographic information of acurrently designated person.