User Interface for a Display Using a Simple Remote Control Device

A non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions for interacting with a user interface on a display using a remote control device, wherein the program instructions are executable to:

• display a first row of icons on the display, wherein each of the icons is selectable to perform a function;
• display an element selection item at a first location on the display, wherein the element selection item is associated with a first icon of the first row of icons, wherein the element selection item visually indicates a current selectable icon;
• receive directional input from the remote control device to associate the element selection item with a second icon in the first row of icons;
• display a modified first row of icons on the display, wherein the modified first row of icons comprises the first row of icons moved by one icon on the display based on the directional input, wherein the modified first row of icons comprises the second icon at the first location on the display, wherein the element selection item is associated with the second icon and is displayed at the first location on the display.

A method for interacting with a user interface on a display using a remote control device, the method comprising:

• displaying a first row of icons on the display, wherein each of the icons is selectable to perform a function, wherein the first row is displayed at a first row location on the display
• displaying an element selection item at a first position on the display within the first row location, wherein the element selection item is associated with a first icon of the first row of icons, wherein the element selection item visually indicates a current selectable icon;
• displaying a second row of icons on the display below the first row;
• receiving directional input from the remote control device to associate the element selection item with a second icon in the second row of icons;
• displaying the second row at the first row location on the display in response to the directional input from the remote control device, wherein the element selection item is associated with the second icon and is displayed at the first position within the first row location on the display.

A non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions for interacting with a user interface on a display using a remote control device, wherein the program instructions are executable to:

• display a first row of icons on the display, wherein each of the icons is selectable to perform a function, wherein the first row is displayed at a first row location on the display
• display an element selection item at a first position on the display within the first row location, wherein the element selection item is associated with a first icon of the first row of icons, wherein the element selection item visually indicates a current selectable icon;
• display a second row of icons on the display below the first row;
• receive directional input from the remote control device to associate the element selection item with a second icon in the second row of icons;
• display the second row at the first row location on the display in response to the directional input from the remote control device, wherein the element selection item is associated with the second icon and is displayed at the first position within the first row location on the display.