Patent ID: 8397262

Claim:
A method for graphically providing a plurality of features in a television receiver configured to present imagery on a display in response to viewer instructions received from a remote control, the method comprising: receiving viewer instructions to select a customized set of tiles from a plurality of available tiles, wherein each of the plurality of available tiles is configured to be associated with one of the plurality of features, and wherein at least some of the plurality of available tiles activate functions of the television receiver, wherein each of customized set of tiles is a graphical image representing a function performed by the television receiver and wherein each of the customized set of tiles is selected by the viewer from the plurality of available tiles for inclusion in the customized set of tiles, wherein at least one of the plurality of available tiles activates a digital video recorder function of the television receiver, and wherein at least one of the customized set of tiles is associated with a television channel, wherein features that the tile associated with the television channel comprise causing the television channel to be tuned by the television receiver and causing program guide information for the television channel to be displayed based upon a user configuration of the tile associated with the television channel, and wherein a selection of the tile associated with the television channel causes the television channel to be tuned or the program guide information to be displayed based on the user configuration; outputting the imagery for presentation on the display, wherein the imagery comprises the customized set of tiles; receiving a subsequent viewer instruction from the remote control that indicates one of the customized set of tiles; and in response to the subsequent viewer instruction indicating one of the customized set of tiles, controlling the television receiver to thereby provide the particular user-selected feature associated with the indicated tile.