METHOD FOR PROVIDING MENU AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME
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1. A method for providing a menu, comprising:
- displaying a menu set comprising at least one icon on a touch screen;
converting the menu set into a manipulation set comprising at least one manipulation icon to input a command relating to use of content; and
displaying the manipulation set.
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Abstract
A method for providing a menu and a multimedia device using the method are provided. The method for providing a menu includes converting a menu set including at least one icon displayed on a touch screen into a manipulation set including at least one manipulation icon used to input a command relating to the use of content. Therefore, the method provides for a more easily manipulated menu, which is displayed with superior visual effect on a screen that is relatively small in size by using the menu set capable of conversion into the manipulation set.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for providing a menu, comprising:
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displaying a menu set comprising at least one icon on a touch screen; converting the menu set into a manipulation set comprising at least one manipulation icon to input a command relating to use of content; and displaying the manipulation set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 25, 26, 27)
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8. A method for displaying a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu icon set comprising two or more menu icons; displaying a manipulation icon set comprising two or more manipulation icons to input a control command relating to menu items of the menu icon set; executing an input command to select one of the menu icon set and the manipulation icon set; and displaying the selected icon set. - View Dependent Claims (9, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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10. A method for providing a menu, comprising:
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displaying on a touch screen a menu set comprising at least one menu icons indicating at least one menu items; changing a first menu icon indicating a first menu item of the menu set to a second menu icon indicating a second menu item; and displaying the changed menu icon in the menu set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for displaying a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set comprising two or more icons, comprising a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon; and changing a first menu icon indicating a first menu item contained in the menu set to a second menu icon indicating a second menu item, and displaying the changed icon.
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16. A method for providing a menu, comprising:
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detecting contact of a touch screen by a user; and displaying a content list on the touch screen if it is detected that the user touches the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for providing a menu using a touch screen, comprising:
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displaying a menu set comprising two or more icons comprising a menu icon indicating a menu item and a control icon to control the menu icon; detecting contact of the touch screen by a user; and displaying a content list on the touch screen if it is detected that the user touches the touch screen.
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34. A multimedia device, comprising:
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a touch screen to display content, to display a moveable menu set via a graphical user interface, and to accept input commands using at least one menu item of the moveable menu set; a multimedia function block to provide the content and the at least the menu set; and a controller to control the graphical user interface according to the input commands, to convert the menu set to a manipulation set according to a first input to the menu set, and to control the menu set to be moved anywhere on the touch screen according to a second input of at least one menu item of the displayed menu set.
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