Content Slider

A media selection method comprising:

• providing a database of media and associated information;
• receiving a first input that identifies one or more parameters, each parameter characterizing one or more items of media;
• identifying a range of values for each parameter, each value associated with one or more items of media characterized by the parameter;
• receiving a second input that defines a first subset of each identified range;
• generating instructions that cause a display device to display information associated with the items having values within each first subset;
• receiving a third input that selects an item of media associated with any of the displayed information;
• and
• playing the selected item of media content on a monitor.

A set-top box for controlling a television, the set-top box comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a media selection method comprising:
• providing a database of media and associated information;
• receiving a first input that identifies one or more parameters, each parameter characterizing one or more items of media;
• identifying a range of values for each parameter, each value associated with one or more items of media characterized by the parameter;
• receiving a second input that defines a first subset of each identified range;
• generating instructions that cause a display device to display information associated with the items having values within each first subset;
• receiving a third input that selects an item of media associated with any of the displayed information;
• and
• playing the selected item of media content on a monitor.