Navigation method and system to provide a navigation interface

摘要

A communication device includes a memory storing computer instructions and a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer instructions to provide a graphical user interface at a display coupled to the communication device. The graphical user interface includes a visual navigation trail having a selectable category. The memory also includes instructions executable by the processor to receive a signal at the communication device indicating a selection of the selectable category. Further, the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the graphical user interface to display, in response to the signal, a menu including the selectable category and a peer category related to the selectable category. The menu automatically becomes navigable via directional keys at a remote control device when the menu is displayed.

主权项

1. A server, comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:
providing a graphical user interface to a set-top box device that presents the graphical user interface at a display device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a visual navigation trail having a first selectable category for set top box device settings and a second selectable category for multimedia content selection, wherein the visual navigation trail represents a visual representation of a sequence of categorical selections, wherein the graphical user interface automatically becomes navigable via directional keys at a remote control device associated with one of the display device or the set-top box device when the graphical user interface is displayed, and wherein the visual navigation trail comprises a dial menu in which a first subcategory is accessible after a last category without reversing directions;receiving a signal at the processor responsive to user input at the remote control device, wherein the signal indicates a selection of the second selectable category for multimedia content selection;adjusting the graphical user interface based on the signal to generate an adjusted graphical user interface that adds a peer category of multimedia items to the dial menu of the adjusted graphical user interface, wherein the multimedia items of the peer category are related to the second selectable category of the visual navigation trail according to a person that is associated with each of the multimedia items of the peer category and the second selectable category of the visual navigation trail, wherein the dial menu is navigable via directional key signals originated from the remote control device when the dial menu is displayed;providing the adjusted graphical user interface to the set top box for presentation at the display device;adjusting the graphical user interface as an adjusted graphical user interface based on an additional user input to return to the visual navigation trail, while still displaying only the second selectable category of the peer category of multimedia items previously selected by the user; andproviding the adjusted graphical user interface based on the additional user input to the set top box for presentation at the display device.