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Method and device for displaying images and text in accordance with a selected pattern

  • US 9,659,547 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2016
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • a memory operable to store a plurality of predetermined items, a plurality of images and a plurality of character strings, each image and character string corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of predetermined items, each character string stored separately as both text data and image data;

    at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

    receive a user selection of a first size or second size; and

    set a display pattern displayed on a display to a first pattern if the first size is selected or set the display pattern to a second pattern if the second size is selected, the first pattern comprising the plurality of predetermined items displayed in a first predetermined display area, each predetermined item comprising an image together with a character string, the second pattern comprising the plurality of images displayed in a second predetermined display area wherein none of the plurality of character strings are displayed, and a character string, corresponding to a selected image, displayed in a third predetermined display area where none of the plurality of images are displayed, wherein the second predetermined display area is smaller than the first predetermined display area but each of the plurality of images displayed in the second predetermined display area is larger than a corresponding one of the plurality of images when displayed in the first predetermined display area, wherein the character string displayed in the third predetermined display area is drawn on the display using either the stored text data or the stored image data depending on whether the character string is longer than the third predetermined display area.

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