Systems and Methods for Remote Control Device Based Interaction with a Graphical User Interface

A method comprising:

• providing, by a user interface system and in a graphical user interface (“GUI”) view for display on a display screen, a high level menu that includes a plurality of high-level menu options;
• receiving, by the user interface system, user input provided by way of a directional pad (“D-pad”) of a remote control device to position a selector to select a first high-level menu option included in the plurality of high-level menu options;
• assigning, by the user interface system, an active status to the first high-level menu option in response to the selector being positioned to select the first high-level menu option;
• activating, by the user interface system in response to the assigning of the active status to the first high-level menu option, a first sub-menu associated with the first high-level menu option such that the first sub-menu becomes navigable by way of the D-pad of the remote control device;
• receiving, by the user interface system, additional user input provided by way of the D-pad to move the selector from the first high-level menu option having the active status into the first sub-menu;
• receiving, by the user interface system while the selector is positioned in the first sub-menu, user input provided by way of a button of the remote control device, the button being separate from the D-pad of the remote control device and designated as input to toggle the active status from the first high-level menu option having the active status to a second high-level menu option included in the plurality of high-level menu options;
• assigning, by the user interface system, the active status to the second high-level menu option in response to the receiving of the user input provided by way of the button designated as input to toggle the active status;
• and
• activating, by the user interface system in response to the assigning of the active status to the second high-level menu option, a second sub-menu that is associated with the second high-level menu option such that the second sub-menu becomes navigable by way of the D-pad of the remote control device.

A system comprising:

• at least one physical computing device that:
• provides a graphical user interface (“GUI”) view for display on a display screen, the GUI view including a high-level menu of a plurality of high-level menu options respectively associated with a plurality of sub-menus, a first high-level menu option included in the plurality of high-level menu options assigned to have an active status, a first sub-menu included in the plurality of sub-menus and corresponding to the first high-level menu option configured to be navigated by a user providing input by way of a directional pad (“D-pad”) of a remote control device when the first high-level menu option has the active status;
• receives, while the first high-level menu option has the active status, user input provided by way of a button of the remote control device, the button being separate from the D-pad of the remote control device and designated as input to toggle the active status between the high-level menu options;
• and
• toggles, in response to the receiving of the user input provided by way of the button designated as input to toggle the active status between the high-level menu options, the active status from the first high-level menu option to a second high-level menu option included in the plurality of high-level menu options, a second sub-menu included in the plurality of sub-menus and corresponding to the second high-level menu option configured to be navigated by the user providing input by way of the D-pad of the remote control device when the second high-level menu option has the active status.