Method and system for providing an outwardly expandable radial menu
First Claim
1. A method for providing a menu on a user interface screen, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising:
- displaying, by at least one data processor, a menu launch option on the user interface screen;
displaying a plus-shaped menu on the user interface screen in response to a selection of the menu launch option by a user, wherein the plus-shaped menu includes a center option and four other options each displayed in a left, right, up, and down portion of the plus-shaped menu relative and adjacent to the center option, the up, center, and down portions arranged along a first axis, and the left, center, and right options arranged along a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis, the center and four other options having rectangular sizes;
allowing the user to navigate to a first of the four other options displayed in the plus-shaped menu;
receiving user-generated input selecting the first of the four other options; and
expanding the plus-shaped menu to include at least one additional option, wherein the at least one additional option is associated with the selected first option and wherein the at least one additional option is displayed on a top layer wholly within one of a left, right, up, and down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu such that a first section of a bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visible around the at least one additional option and a second section of the bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visibly obscured by the at least one additional option, the second section of the bottom layer being different than the first section of the bottom layer and including visually distinct graphical elements obscured by the at least one additional option.
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Abstract
An outwardly expandable radial menu, such as a plus-shaped menu, may be launched in a user interface screen and may include a center option and up to four other options arranged to the left, right, upward, and downward relative to the center option. The position of each of the options may be associated with certain option categories. A traditional selectable menu, such as drop down menu, may be appended to the plus-shaped menu. A determination may be made regarding whether a portion of the plus-shaped menu will exceed a display boundary of the user interface screen. A placeholder may be displayed in place of the portion that is determined to exceed the display boundary. In response to user navigation to the placeholder, the plus-shaped menu may be shifted so that the portion replaced by the placeholder may be displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a menu on a user interface screen, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising:
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displaying, by at least one data processor, a menu launch option on the user interface screen; displaying a plus-shaped menu on the user interface screen in response to a selection of the menu launch option by a user, wherein the plus-shaped menu includes a center option and four other options each displayed in a left, right, up, and down portion of the plus-shaped menu relative and adjacent to the center option, the up, center, and down portions arranged along a first axis, and the left, center, and right options arranged along a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis, the center and four other options having rectangular sizes; allowing the user to navigate to a first of the four other options displayed in the plus-shaped menu; receiving user-generated input selecting the first of the four other options; and expanding the plus-shaped menu to include at least one additional option, wherein the at least one additional option is associated with the selected first option and wherein the at least one additional option is displayed on a top layer wholly within one of a left, right, up, and down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu such that a first section of a bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visible around the at least one additional option and a second section of the bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visibly obscured by the at least one additional option, the second section of the bottom layer being different than the first section of the bottom layer and including visually distinct graphical elements obscured by the at least one additional option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product tangibly embodied on computer readable storage media for causing a computer system to generate a user interface, the user interface comprising:
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a menu launch option displayed on the user interface; and a plus-shaped menu displayed on the user interface in response to a selection of the menu launch option by a user, wherein the plus-shaped menu is configured to include a center option and up to four other options each displayed in a left, right, up, and down portion of the plus-shaped menu relative and adjacent to the center option, the up, center, and down portions arranged along a first axis, and the left, center, and right options arranged along a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis, the center and four other options having rectangular sizes; the plus-shaped menu is further configured to expand, in response to user navigation to a first option, to include at least one additional option, wherein the at least one additional option is associated with the first option and wherein the at least one additional option is displayed wholly within one of a left, right, up, and down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu such that a first section of a bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visible around the at least one additional option and a second section of the bottom layer that would otherwise display graphical elements of the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visually obscured by the at least one additional option, the second section of the bottom layer being different than the first section of the bottom layer and including visually distinct graphical elements obscured by the at least one additional option. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product tangibly embodied on computer readable storage media for causing a computer system to perform operations comprising:
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displaying a menu launch option on a user interface screen; displaying a plus-shaped menu on the user interface screen in response to a selection of the menu launch option by a user, wherein the plus-shaped menu includes a center option and four other options each displayed in a left, right, up, and down portion of the plus-shaped menu relative and adjacent to the center option, the up, center, and down portions arranged along a first axis, and the left, center, and right options arranged along a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis, the center and four other options having rectangular sizes; allowing the user to navigate to a first of the four other options displayed in the plus-shaped menu; receiving user-generated input selecting the first of the four other options; and expanding the plus-shaped menu to include at least one additional option, wherein the at least one additional option is associated with the selected first option and wherein the at least one additional option is displayed on a top layer wholly within one of a left, right, up, and down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu such that a first section of a bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visible around the at least one additional option and a second section of the bottom layer displaying the corresponding left, right, up, or down portion of the expanded plus-shaped menu is visibly obscured by the at least one additional option, the second section of the bottom layer being different than the first section of the bottom layer and including visually distinct graphical elements obscured by the at least one additional option.
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