# US 11,442,597 B2 · Methods, systems, and media for navigating a user interface using directional controls > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,597 B2 - Document ID: US11442597B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/989,158 - Filed: 2020-08-10 - Published: 2020-11-26 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-28 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google LLC - Inventors: Aaron Joseph Wheeler; Chris Lauritzen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442597B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/048: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] - G11B 27/34: Indicating arrangements {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract Methods, systems, and media for navigating a user interface are provided. In some embodiments, methods for navigating a user interface is provided, the method comprising: causing a user interface to be presented including media identifiers that correspond media assets; causing the media identifiers to be arranged along a first direction; causing a first media identifier at a first position to be highlighted; causing a menu element to be presented at a first menu position associated with the first media identifier; receiving an instruction from a user input device to navigate to a next element along the first direction; causing a second media identifier next to the first position to be highlighted in response to receiving the instruction; causing the menu element to be presented at a second menu position associated with the second media identifier; and inhibiting presentation of the menu element at the first menu position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of navigating a user interface, the method comprising: causing, using a hardware processor of a media device, a user interface to be presented that includes a plurality of media identifier elements, wherein a first media identifier element at a first media identifier position is highlighted from among the plurality of media identifier elements; causing an options element to be presented in a first options element position connection with the highlighted first media identified element; receiving an instruction from a user input device associated with the media device to navigate to a second media identifier element of the plurality of media identifier elements along a direction that corresponds to the first options element position, wherein the second media identifier element is located at a second media identifier position; determining a second options element position based on a number of directional elements needed to navigate to the options element from the second media identifier position; and causing the options element to be presented at the second options element position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a plurality of media assets. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a channel of media content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein highlighting the first media identifier element comprises causing a preview of media assets associated with the first media identifier element to be presented. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media identifier elements are arranged in a grid comprised of a first direction and a second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first options element position is a position between the first media identifier position and the second media identifier position. ### Claim 7 A system of navigating a user interface, the system comprising: a user input device; and a media device that includes a hardware processor that is connected to the user input device, wherein the hardware processor is configured to: cause a user interface to be presented that includes a plurality of media identifier elements, wherein a first media identifier element at a first media identifier position is highlighted from among the plurality of media identifier elements; cause an options element to be presented in a first options element position connection with the highlighted first media identified element; receive an instruction from a user input device associated with the media device to navigate to a second media identifier element of the plurality of media identifier elements along a direction that corresponds to the first options element position, wherein the second media identifier element is located at a second media identifier position; determine a second options element position based on a number of directional elements needed to navigate to the options element from the second media identifier position; and cause the options element to be presented at the second options element position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a plurality of media assets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a channel of media content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein highlighting the first media identifier element comprises causing a preview of media assets associated with the first media identifier element to be presented. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of media identifier elements are arranged in a grid comprised of a first direction and a second direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the first options element position is a position between the first media identifier position and the second media identifier position. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of navigating a user interface, the method comprising: causing a user interface to be presented that includes a plurality of media identifier elements, wherein a first media identifier element at a first media identifier position is highlighted from among the plurality of media identifier elements; causing an options element to be presented in a first options element position connection with the highlighted first media identified element; receiving an instruction from a user input device associated with the media device to navigate to a second media identifier element of the plurality of media identifier elements along a direction that corresponds to the first options element position, wherein the second media identifier element is located at a second media identifier position; determining a second options element position based on a number of directional elements needed to navigate to the options element from the second media identifier position; and causing the options element to be presented at the second options element position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a plurality of media assets. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein each media identifier element corresponds to a channel of media content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein highlighting the first media identifier element comprises causing a preview of media assets associated with the first media identifier element to be presented. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the plurality of media identifier elements are arranged in a grid comprised of a first direction and a second direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first options element position is a position between the first media identifier position and the second media identifier position.