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Method for displaying menu items in a mobile device

  • US 7,861,184 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2006
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying menu items in a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

  • displaying a main menu comprising a plurality of menu items and an easy mode menu item in response to a first input for displaying the main menu, the easy mode menu item being associated with an easy menu comprising preferred menu items that were previously selected to be included in the easy menu, and wherein the easy mode menu item is an item that is separate from each of the plurality of menu items;

    displaying the easy menu comprising the preferred menu items in response to a second input for selecting the easy mode menu item in the main menu, wherein the plurality of menu items of said main menu are displayed in icon form; and

    executing at least one of the preferred menu items in response to a third input for selecting the at least one of the preferred menu items,wherein the preferred menu items comprise at least one submenu item of the plurality of menu items that are displayed in the main menu, the at least one submenu item not being displayed concurrently with the plurality of menu items in the main menu such that the at least one submenu item is displayed when one of the plurality of menu items is selected from the main menu if not selected to be listed in the easy menu.

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