METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING A HIERARCHICAL MENU BASED USER INTERFACE

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13030525

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Methods and apparatus are provided for a user interface to allow for navigating a hierarchical menu. In one embodiment a method includes displaying a user interface including one or more menu elements, wherein each menu element is associated with a row of content titles that may be displayed by the user interface and detecting an input command associated with a menu element. The method may further include updating the display of the user interface based on the input command, wherein presentation of a row of content titles associated with the menu element is updated to allow for navigation within the row, and wherein content titles presented by the user interface for the menu element are a subset of content titles that may be accessed based on the menu element. The method may allow for bypassing one or more levels of the hierarchical menu.

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SONY CORPORATION A JAPANESE CORPORATION7-35 KITASHINAGAWA 6-CHO SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO
SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC6080 CENTER DRIVE LOS ANGELES CA 90045

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arriola, George A San Francisco, US 6 538
Bauerly, Michael P San Francisco, US 4 87
Sakamoto, Manabu Tokyo, JP 34 632
Schwesig, Carsten San Francisco, US 45 1926
Trotta, Nicholas San Francisco, US 10 293

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