SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCUSED NAVIGATION WITHIN A USER INTERFACE
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1. A method for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, comprising:
- scrolling a first linear sequence of graphical images representing different channels through a single, non-moving focus area within the user interface in response to a single initiating action by a user, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
discontinuing the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user.
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Abstract
Graphical images representing television channels are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the graphical images within a focus area of a user interface in response to a single initiating action by a user. The display interface discontinues the successive display of video frames to show a particular video frame corresponding to a selected channel when a terminating action by the user has been detected.
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1. A method for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, comprising:
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scrolling a first linear sequence of graphical images representing different channels through a single, non-moving focus area within the user interface in response to a single initiating action by a user, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
discontinuing the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of icons representing interactive functions along a first axis of the user interface, the icons being scrollable along the first axis to move a selected icon into a single, non-movable focus area within the user interface;
in response to a particular icon representing a television function being scrolled into the focus area, displaying at least a subset of a sequence of graphical images representing television channels along a second, perpendicular axis of the user interface, one graphical image being displayable within the focus area;
scrolling the graphical images along the second axis through the focus area to progressively change the graphical image within the focus area to a next graphical image in the sequence in response to a single initiating action by a user, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
discontinuing the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image within the focus area corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user.
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11. A system for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, comprising:
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a display interface to scroll a first linear sequence of graphical images representing different channels through a single, non-moving focus area within the user interface, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
an input interface to initiate the scrolling of graphical images in response to a single initiating action by a user and to terminate the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, comprising:
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means for displaying a plurality of icons representing interactive functions along a first axis of the user interface, the icons being scrollable along the first axis to move a selected icon into a single, non-movable focus area within the user interface;
means for displaying, in response to a particular icon representing a television function being scrolled into the focus area, at least a subset of a sequence of graphical images representing television channels along a second, perpendicular axis of the user interface, one graphical image being displayable within the focus area;
means for scrolling the graphical images along the second axis through the focus area to progressively change the graphical image within the focus area to a next graphical image in the sequence in response to a single initiating action by a user, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
means for discontinuing the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image within the focus area corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user.
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21. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-accessible medium including program code for causing a computer to perform a method for enabling access to a plurality of channels within a user interface, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of icons representing interactive functions along a first axis of the user interface, the icons being scrollable along the first axis to move a selected icon into a single, non-movable focus area within the user interface;
in response to a particular icon representing a television function being scrolled into the focus area, displaying at least a subset of a sequence of graphical images representing television channels along a second, perpendicular axis of the user interface, one graphical image being displayable within the focus area;
scrolling the graphical images along the second axis one through the focus area to progressively change the graphical image within the focus area to a next graphical image in the sequence in response to a single initiating action by a user, the scrolling of graphical images automatically proceeding until being terminated by the user; and
discontinuing the scrolling of graphical images to show a particular graphical image within the focus area corresponding to a selected channel in response to a single terminating action by the user.
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