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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Paulus C. Neervoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Guy J. Roberts, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Heesemans, Eindhoven, NL;
Sung H. Kim, New Haven, CT (US);
Edwin P. G. Van Vianen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An audio/video set is operated with hierarchical menus. It displays a menu string of first items in a first coordinate direction on the screen and detects a user selecting an item thereamong. Upon so detecting, the set displays a menu string of second items in a coordinate direction transverse to the first direction and through the selected item. It detects user selection among the second items for activating an associated television functionality. It displays the items in a bulletized manner as annotated by supporting indicativity.