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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Marco Van Leeuwen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Van Leeuwen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for entering objects from a set of objects into an electronic device is arranged to determine a first pointer position () on a display () and display, surrounding the first point position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields (), each of which represents a subset of objects from the set of objects. Selection of a subset is performed by moving the pointer to the field () containing the desired subset. The system then alternately displays, surrounding a selected field (), at least one additional plurality of individually selected fields (), each of which represents either an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field, and moving the pointer for selecting an additional field, until a field () which represents an individual object has been selected. The selected individual object can then be entered by the user.