ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING MENU OPTIONS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130198688A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU-HSU, CHI
• Application Number:
  US13/533,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198688A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/816
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

In a method of an electronic device for searching menu options of the electronic device, the menu options of the electronic device are listed in order in a menu list that is stored in a storage system of the electronic device. The menu list is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device. A keyword input by a user using a search bar of the menu list is acquired. The menu list is searched for menu options that match the input keyword. The display of the menu options that match the input keyword is retained in the menu list on the display screen, and the display of menu options that do not match the input keyword is hidden in the menu list on the display screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage system that stores a plurality of menu options;

at least one processor;

one or more programs stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a listing module that displays a menu list listing the menu options in order on a display screen of the electronic device;

an acquisition module that acquires a keyword input by a user using a search bar of the menu list;

a search module that searches the menu list for menu options that match the input keyword, retains the display of the menu options that match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen, and hides the display of menu options that do not match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a name of a menu option specified by the user.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a function description of the menu option specified by the user.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the menu options in the menu list has a category icon that indicates a category of function of the menu option.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the acquisition module further acquires a category icon selected by the user using a filter bar of the menu list.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the search module further searches the menu list for menu options that have the selected category icon, retains the display of the menu options that have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen, and hides the display of menu options that do not have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen.

7. A method of an electronic device for searching menu options of the electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a menu list listing the menu options in order on a display screen of the electronic device;

acquiring a keyword input by a user using a search bar of the menu list;

searching the menu list for menu options that match the input keyword;

retaining the display of the menu options that match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen; and

hiding the display of menu options that do not match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a name of a menu option specified by the user.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a function description of the menu option specified by the user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the menu options in the menu list has a category icon that indicates a category of function of the menu option.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

acquiring a category icon selected by the user using a filter bar of the menu list.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

searching the menu list for menu options that have the selected category icon;

retaining the display of the menu options that have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen; and

hiding the display of menu options that do not have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen.

13. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to execute a method of the electronic device for searching menu options of the electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a menu list listing the menu options in order on a display screen of the electronic device;

acquiring a keyword input by a user using a search bar of the menu list;

searching the menu list for menu options that match the input keyword;

retaining the display of the menu options that match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen; and

hiding the display of menu options that do not match the input keyword in the menu list on the display screen.

14. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a name of a menu option specified by the user.

15. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the keyword is defined as a character string of a function description of the menu option specified by the user.

16. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein each of the menu options in the menu list has a category icon that indicates a category of function of the menu option.

17. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring a category icon selected by the user using a filter bar of the menu list.

18. The storage medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

searching the menu list for menu options that have the selected category icon;

retaining the display of the menu options that have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen; and

hiding the display of menu options that do not have the selected category icon in the menu list on the display screen.