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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Wayne Eugene Greenwood, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Martin Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen Louise Evensen, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Trans Com Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A user-interface system adapted to navigate through a plurality of menus is disclosed. The system comprises a display system comprising a display having a category area on a first portion of the display, the category area displaying a plurality of categories, including a currently displayed category. Each of the plurality of categories has a plurality of items. The display also has a marquee area on a second portion of the display, which displays items of the currently displayed category. The system further comprises a scrolling mechanism for scrolling through items of each category of the plurality of categories. The marquee area is updated by the scrolling mechanism to display the corresponding items in each category. The scrolling mechanism also indicates a position of a currently displayed item of a currently displayed category by updating the category area. Various embodiments are disclosed.
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