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User interface in which plurality of related pieces of menu information belonging to distinct categories are displayed in parallel, and apparatus and method for displaying the user interface

  • US 20060236349A1
  • Filed: 04/17/2006
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for displaying a user interface in which a plurality of related pieces of menu information belonging to distinct categories are displayed in parallel, the apparatus comprising:

  • an interface storage unit which stores information regarding a plurality of first menu icons belonging to a first category, information regarding a plurality of second menu icons belonging to a second category, information regarding a plurality of third menu icons belonging to a third category, and information regarding one of the first, second, and third menu icons selected by a selector;

    a display unit which displays a selector, displays the first menu icons in a first menu region, displays the second menu icons in a second menu region, and displays the third menu icons in a third menu region, the first, second, and third menu regions being displayed in parallel;

    an input reception unit which receives one of a directional input signal or a selection input signal from a user; and

    a control unit which moves the first, second, and third menu icons displayed by the display unit or moves the selector in response to the input signal received by the input reception unit by referencing the information stored in the interface storage unit and determines the third menu icons displayed by the display unit based on common characteristics between the first category and the second category corresponding to selected first icons and second icons.

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