Menu display for a graphical user interface
First Claim
1. A method of providing a menu display for a GUI, the method comprising acts of:
- displaying a first menu including a first plurality of selection options in a front side of a rotatable window covering a portion of the GUI and, in the event of a second menu being selected by a user, displaying the second menu including a second plurality of selection options in place of the first menu by rotating the window to reveal the second menu on a backside of the window positioned covering the covered portion of the GUI,displaying a frame around the window and in the event of a new menu being selected, rotating the window around an axis of the displayed frame with the window extending beyond a border of the displayed frame during the rotation and being contained within the displayed frame after the rotation, whereinin a first mode the user is enabled to select the menu being displayed and not enabled to select an option that is displayed in the selected menu,the user is enabled to switch to a second mode, andin the second mode the user is enabled to select an option in the selected menu and not enabled to select the menu being displayed.
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Abstract
Methods of providing a menu display for a GUI together with a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium and apparatus for the same. Methods include displaying a first menu in a rotatable window; and, in the event of a second menu being selected by a user, displaying the second menu in place of the first menu by rotating the window to reveal the second menu on the flipside of the window, wherein in a first mode the user is enabled to select the menu being displayed and not enabled to select an option in the selected menu, the user is enabled to switch to a second mode and in the second mode, the user is enabled to select an option in the selected menu and not enabled to select the menu being displayed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of providing a menu display for a GUI, the method comprising acts of:
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displaying a first menu including a first plurality of selection options in a front side of a rotatable window covering a portion of the GUI and, in the event of a second menu being selected by a user, displaying the second menu including a second plurality of selection options in place of the first menu by rotating the window to reveal the second menu on a backside of the window positioned covering the covered portion of the GUI, displaying a frame around the window and in the event of a new menu being selected, rotating the window around an axis of the displayed frame with the window extending beyond a border of the displayed frame during the rotation and being contained within the displayed frame after the rotation, wherein in a first mode the user is enabled to select the menu being displayed and not enabled to select an option that is displayed in the selected menu, the user is enabled to switch to a second mode, and in the second mode the user is enabled to select an option in the selected menu and not enabled to select the menu being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing a menu display for a GUI, the method comprising acts of:
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displaying on a screen a first menu including a first plurality of selection options in a front side of a rotatable window covering a portion of the GUI; and
, in the event of a second menu being selected by a user, displaying the second menu including a second plurality of selection options in place of the first menu by rotating the window to reveal the second menu on a backside of the window positioned covering the covered portion of the GUI;displaying in a visually rotatable portion of the screen that is intersected by at least one edge of the screen a textual label such that only the textual label that describes a currently displayed first or second menu is fully in view on the screen, wherein the textual label is from a group of textual labels that correspondingly describe pluralities of selection options including the first and second plurality of selection options; in a first mode, enabling selection of a menu for display while disabling selection of a displayed option in the selected menu; enabling switching between the first mode and a second mode; and in the second mode, enabling selection of an option in the selected menu while disabling selection of the menu being displayed, wherein in the event of the window rotating, the textual label is concurrently rotated. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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