Method for providing GUI to display a plurality of lists and multimedia apparatus using the same
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1. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
- dividing a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas on a display screen;
displaying a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia content on the plurality of sub-areas, respectively, on the display screen; and
independently deciding a navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists on the plurality of sub-areas according to each respective sub-area,wherein the navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length.
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Abstract
A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and a multimedia apparatus using the same are provided, the method including: dividing a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas; and displaying a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia content on the plurality of sub-areas, respectively. Accordingly, a plurality of related lists are displayed on a plurality of divided areas, and the scroll directions of the lists are independently decided according to each area. Therefore, a user can find desired content with greater convenience.
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1. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
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dividing a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas on a display screen; displaying a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia content on the plurality of sub-areas, respectively, on the display screen; and independently deciding a navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists on the plurality of sub-areas according to each respective sub-area, wherein the navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A multimedia apparatus to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the multimedia apparatus comprising:
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a display screen to display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) showing the multimedia content; a generation unit to generate the GUI for a visual display on the display screen; and a control unit to control the generation unit to divide a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas on the display screen and to generate the GUI such that a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia content are displayed on the plurality of sub-areas, respectively, of the display screen, wherein the controller decides a navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists on the plurality of sub-areas according to each respective sub-area, and wherein the navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
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dividing a list display area into a first area and a second area; displaying a first list on the first area, and displaying a second list, which is a hierarchically lower list associated with an item included on the first list, on the second area; and independently deciding a navigation direction of each of the first list and the second list respectively on the first area and the second area according to each of the respective ones of the first area and the second area, wherein the navigation direction of each of the first list and the second list is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
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dividing a list display area into a first area and a second area on a display screen; displaying a first list on the first area and a second list on the second area, respectively; independently deciding a direction for scrolling the first list on the first area according to the first area on the display screen; and independently deciding a direction for scrolling the second list on the second area according to the second area on the display screen, wherein the direction for scrolling the first list and the direction for scrolling the second list are each respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
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dividing a list display area into a first area and a second area; displaying a first list in a first display form on the first area, and displaying a second list in a second display form, different from the first display mode, on the second area; and independently deciding a navigation direction of each of the first list and the second list respectively in the first display form and the second display form according to each of the respective ones of the first display form and the second display form, wherein the navigation direction of each of the first list and the second list is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective list or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage and/or reproduce multimedia content, the method comprising:
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receiving an input for a first display mode or a second display mode; in the first display mode, dividing a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas on a display screen, and displaying a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia content on the plurality of sub-areas, respectively, on the display screen; in the second display mode, displaying a first list of the plurality of related lists on an entirety of the list display area; and independently deciding a navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists on the plurality of sub-areas according to each respective sub-area, wherein the navigation direction of each of the plurality of related lists is respectively decided to be a horizontal direction if a horizontal length of a respective list is greater than a vertical length of the respective or to be a vertical direction if the vertical length of the respective list is greater than the horizontal length. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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