DORMANT GUI BUTTONS RESIDE UNOBTRUSIVELY IN THE BACKGROUND UPON SELECTION

摘要

The invention relates to a GUI for enabling a user to navigate b etween a wide variety of options. With the trend of offering more applications and options to the user, like in STB's deployed in a living room, it becomes evident to present the options in an intuitive and user friendly manner. Only user options are selectable, on e.g. a TV screen, which are currently of direct interest to the user. The user can navigate between these options using, e.g., a relative simple input device like a RC. Other options are shown semi visible in the background and are like in a dormant state. With e.g. a separate button on the input device these options can be made completely visible and can even be emphasized using, e.g., an animation on the screen. The invention is especially well suited for in a data driven applications environment.