Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Maxel J Keene

Jonathan P Gaiser

Chris Turkstra

Sophia H Sung

Jangwon Seo

Yoojin Choi

Jae Julien

Heejin Ko

Avner Ronen

Margaret Smith

A method of displaying a home menu interface on a content viewing device, such as a television, is described. The interface is comprised of two components: a launcher and an accelerator. Each of these components include multiple tiles. One type of launcher tile represents a content source. The user can select this tile and enable a direct link to the content source application. Only after selecting the tile, does the content source application open. An accelerator is associated with a specific content source. An accelerator tile displays content previews or enables easy playback of content provided by the content source. The user can select an accelerator tile and enable a deep link to the content, taking the user straight to the content, bypassing a hierarchy of menu options.

Home menu interface for displaying content viewing options

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Maxel J Keene