GLOBAL PANEL

1 . A method of displaying content on a television, comprising:

receiving an indication associated with a selection by a user;

determining, based on the received indication, a global panel to display via the television;

retrieving from memory, a first content information for display in the global panel; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a user associated with the received indication;

retrieving one or more settings associated with the identified user;

retrieving, from memory, content information associated with the identified user; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a user associated with the received indication;

retrieving, from memory, one or more settings associated with the identified user;

retrieving, from memory, content information associated with the identified user and the one or more settings associated with the user; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second indication associated with a selection by a user;

determining, based on the second indication, a source of content information to be displayed in the global panel based;

retrieving at least a portion of content information from the determined source; and

displaying, via the television, the content information associated with the determined source.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the global panel comprises information from at least two different panel types.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying at least one of a content source and a content information currently being displayed via a television;

selecting a panel type based on the identified at least one of content source and content information currently being displayed via the television;

retrieving, from memory, content information based on the selected panel type; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the global panel based on the selected panel type.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a second indication associated with a selection by a user;

selecting a panel type based on the second indication;

retrieving, from memory, content information based on the selected panel type and the second indication; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the global panel.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information marked as favorite.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information recently viewed.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information marked as favorite and further comprises information associated with content information recently viewed.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable information storage medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a computing system to execute a method of displaying content on a television, comprising:

receiving an indication associated with a selection by a user;

determining, based on the received indication, a global panel to display via the television;

retrieving from memory, a first content information for display in the global panel; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

identifying a user associated with the received indication;

retrieving one or more settings associated with the identified user;

retrieving, from memory, content information associated with the identified user; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

identifying a user associated with the received indication;

retrieving, from memory, one or more settings associated with the identified user;

retrieving, from memory, content information associated with the identified user and the one or more settings associated with the user; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

receiving a second indication associated with a selection by a user;

determining, based on the second indication, a source of content information to be displayed in the global panel based;

retrieving at least a portion of content information from the determined source; and

displaying, via the television, the content information associated with the determined source.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising retrieving from memory a second content information for display in the global panel; and displaying, via the television, the retrieved first content information and the retrieved second content information in the specified global panel.

16 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying at least one of a content source and a content information currently being displayed via a television;

selecting a panel type based on the identified at least one of content source and content information currently being displayed via the television;

retrieving, from memory, content information based on the selected panel type; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the global panel based on the selected panel type.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

receiving a second indication associated with a selection by a user;

selecting a panel type based on the second indication;

retrieving, from memory, content information based on the selected panel type and the second indication; and

displaying, via the television, the retrieved content information in the global panel.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information marked as favorite.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information recently viewed.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the retrieved content information comprises information associated with content information marked as favorite and further comprises information associated with content information recently viewed.

21 . A system for displaying content on a television, comprising:

an input device associated with the television;

a memory; and

a microprocessor operable to:

receive an indication associated with a selection by a user;

determine, based on the received indication, a global panel to display via the television;

retrieve from the memory, a first content information for display in the global panel; and

display, via the television, the retrieved content information in the specified global panel.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the microprocessor is further operable to:

identify at least one of a content source and a content information currently being displayed via a television;

select a panel type based on the identified at least one of content source and content information currently being displayed via the television;

retrieve, from the memory, content information based on the selected panel type; and

display, via the television, the retrieved content information in the global panel based on the selected panel type.