Vehicle multimedia system
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1. A method for controlling the display of hierarchically structured menus where each menu includes at least one menu item for being selected and activated comprising:
- displaying a menu on a display of a vehicle multimedia system;
determining, with a control unit, whether a predetermined criterion corresponding to a displayed menu or menu item is satisfied;
the control unit storing information identifying the displayed menu or menu item in response to an activation of a menu item or in response to an automatically caused return to a predetermined menu;
reading, with the control unit, information stored in response to an operation of an operating element; and
the control unit displaying the read information as selectable and activatable menu items on the display, where the selection and activation of the menu item allows the display of the menu or menu item identified by the information;
wherein the information identifying the displayed menu or menu item is selectively stored based on the predetermined criterion such that the information is stored if the criterion is satisfied and the information is not stored if the criterion is not satisfied.
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Abstract
A vehicle multimedia system includes a display that displays a hierarchically structured menu. The hierarchically structured menu may have a main menu, a plurality of submenus, and menu items. The multimedia system provides a memory for storing information identifying a menu or menu item, and a memory control unit for writing information related to a menu item upon a user'"'"'s selection of the menu by an operating element or by automatic return to a main menu, and displaying the information as selectable menu items identified by the information.
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1. A method for controlling the display of hierarchically structured menus where each menu includes at least one menu item for being selected and activated comprising:
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displaying a menu on a display of a vehicle multimedia system; determining, with a control unit, whether a predetermined criterion corresponding to a displayed menu or menu item is satisfied; the control unit storing information identifying the displayed menu or menu item in response to an activation of a menu item or in response to an automatically caused return to a predetermined menu; reading, with the control unit, information stored in response to an operation of an operating element; and the control unit displaying the read information as selectable and activatable menu items on the display, where the selection and activation of the menu item allows the display of the menu or menu item identified by the information; wherein the information identifying the displayed menu or menu item is selectively stored based on the predetermined criterion such that the information is stored if the criterion is satisfied and the information is not stored if the criterion is not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer useable medium having a computer readable code means embodied in the medium for controlling the display of hierarchically structured menus on a display of a vehicle multimedia system, the computer readable program code in the computer program product comprising; computer readable program code means for causing a control unit to display a menu on the display; computer readable program code means for determining whether a predetermined criterion corresponding to a displayed menu or menu item is satisfied; computer readable program code means for causing a memory control unit to store information identifying the displayed menu or menu item in response to an activation of a menu item or in response to an automatically caused return to a predetermined menu; computer readable program code means for causing the memory control unit to read information stored in response to an operation of an operating element; computer readable program code means for causing the control unit to display the read information as selectable and activatable menu items on the display, where the selection and activation of the menu item allows the display of the menu or menu item identified by the information; and computer readable program code means for causing the control unit to selectively store the information identifying the displayed menu or menu item based on a predetermined criterion such that the memory control unit stores the information if the criterion is satisfied and the memory control unit does not store the information if the criterion is not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling the display of hierarchically structured menus comprising:
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driving a display of a vehicle multimedia system with a control unit to display a menu comprising menu items; determining, with the control unit, whether a predetermined criterion corresponding to a displayed menu or menu item is satisfied; the control unit selectively storing information identifying the displayed menu or menu item in response to the predetermined criterion being satisfied, and at least one of activation of a menu item or an automatically caused return to a predetermined menu, the information being selected for storage in response to the predetermined criterion being satisfied and the information not being selected for storage in response to the predetermined criterion not being satisfied; reading, with the control unit, the selectively stored information in response to an operation of an operating element; and the control unit driving the display to display the read information as the menu or menu item identified by the information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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