Method and apparatus for generating a menu display
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1. A method of generating a menu display, the method comprising:
- weighting each menu item of a main display of menu items arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels on a basis of frequency of use and a degree of difficulty of access of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels based on level depth of one of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the degree of difficulty of accessing any given menu item increases in proportion to the depth of the respective menu item within the plurality of hierarchical levels;
accessing a plurality of candidate menu items from the main display of menu items including selecting a plurality of menu items for display on the basis of said weighting;
displaying the main display of menu items along with a link menu of selected accessed candidate menu items, the menu items selected for display based on said weighting; and
repeating the step of weighting each menu item and, in response, updating the menu items selected for display.
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Abstract
A method of generating a menu display (203), the method comprising the steps of: selecting a plurality of menu items (205—1, 205—2, 205—3, 205—4) from a plurality of candidate menu items, the candidate menu items being arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels, on the basis of most frequently used menu items and most difficult to access menu items within the plurality of hierarchical levels; and displaying the selected menu items simultaneously.
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1. A method of generating a menu display, the method comprising:
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weighting each menu item of a main display of menu items arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels on a basis of frequency of use and a degree of difficulty of access of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels based on level depth of one of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the degree of difficulty of accessing any given menu item increases in proportion to the depth of the respective menu item within the plurality of hierarchical levels; accessing a plurality of candidate menu items from the main display of menu items including selecting a plurality of menu items for display on the basis of said weighting; displaying the main display of menu items along with a link menu of selected accessed candidate menu items, the menu items selected for display based on said weighting; and repeating the step of weighting each menu item and, in response, updating the menu items selected for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
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weighting each menu item of a main display of menu items arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels on a basis of frequency of use and a degree of difficulty of access of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels based on level depth of one of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the degree of difficulty of accessing any given menu item increases in proportion to the depth of the respective menu item within the plurality of hierarchical levels; accessing a plurality of candidate menu items from the main display of menu items including selecting a plurality of menu items for display on the basis of said weighting; displaying the main display of menu items along with a link menu of selected accessed candidate menu items selected based on greatest frequency of use and greatest depth in the plurality of hierarchical levels; and repeating the weighting of each menu item and, in response, updating the menu items selected for display.
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9. An apparatus configured to generate a menu display comprising:
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a processor configured to; weight each menu item of a main display of menu items arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels on a basis of frequency of use and a degree of difficulty of access of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels based on level depth of one of the menu items within said plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the degree of difficulty of accessing any given menu item increases in proportion to the depth of the respective menu item within the plurality of hierarchical levels; and access a plurality of candidate menu items from the main display of menu items including selecting a plurality of menu items for display on the basis of said weighting; and repeat the weighting of each menu item and, in response, updating the menu items selected for display; and a driver configured to drive a display to display the main display of menu items along with a link menu of accessed candidate menu items selected based on said weighting. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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