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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Young-kyu Jin, Seoul, KR;
Sun-wha Chung, Yongin-si, KR;
Hee-seon Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-hoon Yi, Seoul, KR;
Young-kyu Jin, Seoul, KR;
Sun-wha Chung, Yongin-si, KR;
Hee-seon Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-hoon Yi, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a graphic user interface composed of a plurality of columns. The apparatus includes a command receiving unit, a determining unit, a display unit, and a transmitting/receiving unit. The command receiving unit receives a movement command or a selection command for a selector for selecting an item of at least one of the columns on the graphic user interface. The determining unit determines whether to activate items of the other columns associated with the selected item of a column. The display unit outputs the activated items of the other columns using the graphic user interface. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits a command message according to item selection with respect to the output activated columns.