SIDE-BAR MENU AND MENU ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. A handheld electronic device including a display screen located on the device, the device comprising:
- a body housing a microprocessor-run software application program that displays a menu including available user actions on the display screen of the handheld electronic device;
wherein said microprocessor-run software application program further displays a plurality of legends at a lateral side of the displayed menu based on receipt of a cursor position data indicating that a cursor on the display screen is in a proximate area of the display screen on which the plurality of legends is displayed.
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Abstract
A handheld electronic device includes a display screen located on the device. The handheld electronic device features a body housing a microprocessor-run software application program that displays a menu including available user actions on a display screen of the handheld electronic device. The microprocessor-run software application displays a plurality of legends at a lateral side of the displayed menu based on receipt of a cursor position data indicating that the cursor on the display screen is in a proximate area of the display screen on which the plurality of legends display.
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1. A handheld electronic device including a display screen located on the device, the device comprising:
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a body housing a microprocessor-run software application program that displays a menu including available user actions on the display screen of the handheld electronic device; wherein said microprocessor-run software application program further displays a plurality of legends at a lateral side of the displayed menu based on receipt of a cursor position data indicating that a cursor on the display screen is in a proximate area of the display screen on which the plurality of legends is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing a side-bar of legends to a displayed menu on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising:
initiating display of a plurality of legends on the display screen of the handheld electronic device at a lateral side of a displayed menu, wherein the displayed legends present available user actions relative the displayed menu and the display of legends is initiated upon receipt of a cursor position data indicating that a cursor is in a proximate area of the display screen to the display of the plurality of legends. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A microprocessor-run software program for a handheld electronic device that includes a display screen located on the device, wherein said microprocessor-run software program is programmed to:
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display a menu including available user actions on the display screen of the handheld electronic device; and display a plurality of legends at a lateral side of the displayed menu based on a cursor position data that indicates a cursor is in a proximate area of the display screen on which the plurality of legends display. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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