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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Daniel Ray Sommers, Roswell, GA (US);
David Owen Garner, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael Allen Zingman, Marietta, GA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communication device (50) includes a display (68) for presenting information to the user. When selecting between different options/features (402-416) the currently displayed options/features are displayed in user selectable fields (422-426) which are located along an arc. When a device user picks an option/feature which is currently not being displayed (408-416), the graphical user interface commences an animation process (620) which makes the user selectable fields (422-426) seem to be part of a wheel (420) which is spinning. Once the main process has loaded up the required off-screen options/features the animation process stops.