METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A FUNCTION IN AN APPLICATION

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A FUNCTION IN AN APPLICATION

An application program, for example a program for playing a video CD or another multimedia program, is controlled by a menu (302) which is displayed on a display screen (112) and wherefrom a user selects an item from the available items (304-310), each item being associated with one or more function...

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1. Verfasser: WOUTERS, MIRJAM, SUZANNE
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:An application program, for example a program for playing a video CD or another multimedia program, is controlled by a menu (302) which is displayed on a display screen (112) and wherefrom a user selects an item from the available items (304-310), each item being associated with one or more functions in the program. In accordance with the invention, the application comprises at least two menus (302, 316) which are displayed as surfaces (404, 406) of a spatial object (402). Each menu comprises menu selection buttons (312, 314, 324, 326) whereby another one of the menus can be selected. Selection of the other menu is represented by showing to the user that surface of the spatial object which corresponds to said other menu.