MENU USER INTERFACE PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A method of providing a menu user interface by a portable apparatus, the method comprising:
- determining whether a main menu icon displayed on a touch screen is selected;
determining whether a menu mode is an activation mode or an inactivation mode if the main menu icon is selected; and
changing the menu mode into the activation mode if the menu mode is determined as the inactivation mode and forming an expanded menu by radically arranging submenus of n hierarchies, n being a natural number, corresponding to the main menu icon and outputting the formed expanded menu through a touch screen.
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Abstract
A menu user interface providing device and a method thereof are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method of providing a menu user interface by a portable apparatus, including determining whether a main menu icon displayed on a touch screen is selected; determining whether a menu mode is an activation mode or an inactivation mode if the main menu icon is selected; and changing the menu mode into the activation mode if the menu mode is determined as the inactivation mode and forming an expanded menu by radically arranging a submenu of n hierarchies, n being a natural number, corresponding to the main menu icon and displaying the formed expanded menu through a touch screen. Accordingly, with the present invention, a user interface capable of inputting various data with easy manipulation and minimized multi-points can be provided.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing a menu user interface by a portable apparatus, the method comprising:
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determining whether a main menu icon displayed on a touch screen is selected; determining whether a menu mode is an activation mode or an inactivation mode if the main menu icon is selected; and changing the menu mode into the activation mode if the menu mode is determined as the inactivation mode and forming an expanded menu by radically arranging submenus of n hierarchies, n being a natural number, corresponding to the main menu icon and outputting the formed expanded menu through a touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable apparatus, comprising:
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a touch screen; a processing unit, analyzing a menu mode if a main menu icon displayed through a touch screen is selected, changing the menu mode into an activation mode if the menu mode is an inactivation mode and generating and outputting a menu activating command; and an UI forming unit, forming an expanded menu by radically arranging submenus of n hierarchies, n being a natural number, corresponding to the main menu icon according to the menu activating command, whereas the expanded menu is displayed through the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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