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Method for generating an on-screen menu

  • US 9,176,654 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2014
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a displayable menu page from data of a menu data segment, the menu page comprising separately rendered selectable menu buttons, comprising:

  • accessing definition of at least one group of two or more menu buttons from the menu data segment, wherein the definition of the at least one group in the menu data segment comprises a parameter indicating the number of menu buttons in a respective group of the at least one group, and wherein each of the two or more menu buttons has associated a defined area on a display and for each of the two or more menu buttons button commands are defined, wherein the button commands perform a task for changing a respective state and a respective visibility option of other menu buttons in other groups, and each menu button that belongs to the displayable menu page is separately rendered, and wherein a menu button belongs to not more than one group of the at least one group; and

    assigning the respective changed state to each of said other menu buttons, each of said other menu buttons having its own respective changed state, each respective changed state being one of “

    enabled” and



    disabled”

    , wherein only enabled menu buttons are displayed and have a sub-state of “

    normal”

    , “

    selected”

    or “

    activated”

    , andwherein the menu button is considered to be same menu button irrespective of its state being the “

    disabled”

    state, the “

    enabled” and



    normal”

    state, the “

    enabled” and



    selected”

    state or the “

    enabled” and



    activated”

    state, and wherein not more than one menu button within a group is enabled simultaneously.

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