METHOD TO PROVIDE MENU, USING MENU SET AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME
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1. A method to provide a menu on a display, comprising:
- displaying a menu set including at least one icon on a touch screen;
moving the menu set according to a user manipulation on the touch screen; and
displaying the menu set.
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Abstract
A method to provide a menu using a movable menu set, and a multimedia device using the method. The method to provide a menu includes moving a menu set including at least according to a user manipulation on a touch screen, and displaying the menu set. Therefore, a user can be provided with a menu which can be manipulated more easily, and which is displayed with a superior visual effect on a screen that is relatively small in size, using a menu set that can move on a touch screen.
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62 Claims
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1. A method to provide a menu on a display, comprising:
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displaying a menu set including at least one icon on a touch screen; moving the menu set according to a user manipulation on the touch screen; and displaying the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to display a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set including two or more menu icons; displaying a control icon to control the menu set; and moving the menu set according to a movement of the control icon and displaying the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method to display a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set including two or more icons having a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon; moving the menu set according to a movement of the control icon; and displaying the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method to display a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
displaying a menu set including two or more icons having a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon.
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21. A method to provide a menu, comprising:
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displaying on a touch screen a menu set including at least one icon; and changing a display state of the at least one icon contained in the menu set; and displaying the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method to display a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set including two or more icons having a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon; detecting contact of a touch screen by a user; and hiding the menu icon, if it is detected that the control icon is touched on the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A method to display a menu using a touch screen, the method comprising:
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displaying a menu set including two or more icons having a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon; processing the menu icon to be semi-transparent and displaying the semi-transparent menu icon, if contact of the menu set by a user is not detected for a predetermined period of time; and processing the control icon to be semi-transparent and displaying the semi-transparent control icon, if contact of the menu set by a user is not detected for a predetermined period of time after the menu icon has been processed to become semi-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method to provide a menu on a display, comprising:
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displaying on a touch screen an execution screen in response to execution of a command corresponding to a specific menu item; overlapping a menu set including at least one menu icon indicating at least one uppermost menu item with the execution screen; and displaying on the touch screen the menu set together with the execution screen. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method to search for a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set including menu icons indicating two or more menu items; detecting whether a first menu icon of the menu set is touched; executing a command corresponding to a menu item identified by the first touched menu icon; detecting whether a second menu icon of the menu set is touched; and executing a command corresponding to a menu item identified by the second touched menu icon. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. A graphical user interface (GUI) apparatus usable with a multimedia apparatus, the GUI comprising:
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a menu set including a plurality of icons having one or more control icons; and a touch screen to display the menu set and to receive one or more input commands through manipulation of the one or more control icons; wherein the one or more input commands changes a display state of the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; and a graphical user interface (GUI) disposed within the housing, comprising; a menu set including a plurality of icons having one or more control icons; and a touch screen to display the menu set and to receive one or more input commands through manipulation of the one or more control icons; wherein the one or more input commands changes a display state of the menu set.
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59. A method of using a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
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selecting a control icon from a menu set including a plurality of icons on a touch screen; and providing an input command through manipulation of the control icon to change a display state of the menu set including at least one of moving a position of the menu set on the touch screen, changing a number of the plurality of icons being displayed and changing transparency of one or more of the plurality of icons.
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60. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:
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selecting a control icon from a menu set including a plurality of icons on a touch screen; and providing an input command through manipulation of the control icon to change a display state of the menu set including at least one of moving a position of the menu set on the touch screen, changing a number of the plurality of icons being displayed and changing transparency of one or more of the plurality of icons.
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61. A method of providing a menu on a display, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one of a menu set and an image on a touch screen; and changing at least one of a location and a state of the at least one of the menu set and the image according to a user manipulation on the touch screen.
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62. A touch screen apparatus, comprising:
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a user interface to generate at least one of a menu set and an image to be displayed on a touch screen; and a controller to change at least one of a location and a state of the at least one of the menu set and the image according to a user manipulation on the touch screen.
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