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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Tomoko Ohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Ohkura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Fukumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuko Rokukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Endo, Chiba, JP;
Kyosuke Oda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Minakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Chifumi Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus by which function as of a television receiver can be selected simply. A main menu displays the highest level of a hierarchical menu which includes items corresponding to functions of a television receiver is displayed on a left side portion of a screen of the television receiver. When a cursor is moved to the first item of the main menu, while the main menu remains displayed on the screen, a sub menu corresponding to the first item is displayed on a right side portion of the screen. When the cursor is subsequently moved to one of the items forming the sub menu and then a predetermined operation is performed.
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