Information processing apparatus, menu processing method and recording medium storing a menu processing program
US7308654B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/03547
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Characteristic menu information corresponding to applications are stored in a menu storage unit. A menu development unit discriminates an application which is now started and develops a menu corresponding to the application on a screen using the stored menu information. In the menu operation, a menu is developed on the screen by operating a defined button, a menu item is selected by scrawling while the menu is being developed and the selected menu item is executed by operating the defined button.
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