Intelligent channel changing

A method of providing a user-interface for a television system comprising:

• displaying a list of two or more selectable channel tiles on a display, the list being displayed laterally on the display in a single row, wherein the row is separated into a first portion and a second portion, wherein a first subset of selectable channel tiles is displayed in the first portion and a second subset of selectable channel tiles is displayed in the second portion, wherein each of the subsets of selectable channel tiles contains at least one selectable channel tile, wherein at least one selectable channel tile includes:
• a display window that contains a thumbnail picture or video of content currently showing on a channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a beginning time for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, an end time for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a title for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a description of the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a genre for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a channel name for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, and a channel number for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile;
• displaying a focus on a first of the two or more selectable channel tiles, wherein the list is scrolled relative to a first position of the focus displayed to a first area of the display with a direction input until an end of the list is displayed to the display, and when the end of the list is displayed to the display allowing the focus to move relative to the end of the list displayed to the display from the first position to a different second position displayed in a second area of the display;
• receiving a user input from a user input source;
• determining the type of user input received;
• changing the focus from the first selectable channel tile to a second selectable channel tile when the user input indicates a directional change of the focus;
• and
• displaying the channel associated with the currently focused selectable channel tile when the user input indicated selection of the currently focused selectable channel tile.

A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions which cause a computer to perform a method of providing a user-interface for a television system, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to display a list of two or more selectable channel tiles on a display, the list being displayed laterally on the display in a single row, wherein the row is separated into a first portion and a second portion, wherein a first subset of selectable channel tiles is displayed in the first portion and a second subset of selectable channel tiles is displayed in the second portion, wherein each of the subsets of selectable channel tiles contains at least one selectable channel tile, wherein at least one selectable channel tile includes:
• a display window that contains a thumbnail picture or video of content currently showing on a channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a beginning time for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, an end time for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a title for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a description of the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a genre for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, a channel name for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile, and a channel number for the content currently showing on the channel associated with the selectable channel tile;
• instructions to display a focus on a first of the two or more selectable channel tiles, wherein the list is scrolled relative to a first position of the focus displayed to a first area of the display with a direction input until an end of the list is displayed to the display, and when the end of the list is displayed to the display allowing the focus to move relative to the end of the list displayed to the display from the first position to a different second position displayed in a second area of the display;
• instructions to receive a user input from a user input source;
• instructions to determine the type of user input received;
• instructions to change the focus from the first selectable channel tile to a second selectable channel tile when the user input indicates a directional change of the focus;
• and
• instructions to display the channel associated with the currently focused selectable channel tile when the user input indicated selection of the currently focused selectable channel tile.