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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young-Soon Lee, Suwon, KR;
Ju-Ha Park, Yongin, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345352 ; 345333 ; 345146 ;
Abstract
A method and device for controlling a selection of the menu displayed on a screen of a TV or PC using a pointing device. The method includes the steps of apportioning the screen for a plurality of menu fields each to include a specified area surrounding a respective menu item, and enabling the menu item included in one of the menu fields indicated by the pointer of the pointing device to be selected.