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Loop menu navigation apparatus and method

  • US 7,093,201 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2001
  • Issued: 08/15/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing device, comprising:

  • a display having a screen;

    a machine-readable medium;

    a plurality of computer files in said machine-readable medium and accessible by said data processing device; and

    a graphical user interface displayed on said screen, comprising;

    a plurality of identifiers and/or identifier pointers, each identifier and/or identifier pointer related to one or more of said plurality of computer files for use by said data processing device;

    a selection indicator to select one or more of said identifiers and/or identifier pointers;

    a curved listing of said plurality of identifiers and/or identifier pointers, wherein;

    only a portion of said curved listing is displayed on said screen at any given time; and

    the plane defined by said curved listing is slanted or parallel in relation to the plane defined by said display;

    wherein the selection indicator remains in a consistent position on the display and wherein, responsive to user input, the curved listing is visually rotated through the selection indicator one icon at a time, thereby causing the identifiers and/or identifier pointers which visually coincide with the selection indicator to become capable of being selected in response to additional user input; and

    a preview window to display information associated with a file related to an identifier and/or identifier pointer, said identifier and/or identifier pointer being selected by said selection indicator in said curved listing, said preview window displayed concurrently with said portion of said curved listing.

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