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Method of providing a graphical user interface using a concentric menu

US8375329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

18Claims

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Assignee

Maxon Computer GmbH · DE

Inventors

David Drayton · Mannheim, DE
Bernd Lutz · Überlingen, DE
Marco Tillmann · Florstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2009
Grant date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0482
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a graphical user interface a display is animated by activation with an input device with a first concentric menu comprising a first grouping of menu items having a subset of one or more items from a set of menu items. Then, after selecting one menu item out of the first grouping of menu items, the display is animated with at least one additional grouping of menu items that are each concentrically in a pie sliced shape. The graphical user interface can be activated by a user at any position on the display area via the input device.

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