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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Sheila Renee Crosby, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Steven Todd Barlow, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert John Strong, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Sheila Renee Crosby, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Steven Todd Barlow, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert John Strong, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A system and a method for navigating within a display having one or more display sections are disclosed. A section from the one or more display sections is selected. In response to the selection, a navigational symbol is displayed on a border of the selected section, the symbol corresponding to a direction in which a highlight may be moved. In one embodiment, the highlight is moved in the corresponding direction in response to the selection of the symbol. In another embodiment, the symbol indicates an availability of an adjacent section in the corresponding direction.