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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung-won Lee, Bundang-gu, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A menu display apparatus and method, which enable a user to easily and quickly search for content of interest among a plurality of contents shared by a plurality of devices in a home network, are provided. The menu display method includes: receiving information regarding a zoom-in location or a zoom-out location on a current menu screen; and zooming in the current menu screen at the zoom-in location so that a plurality of menus currently displayed on the current menu screen are displayed in more detail, or zooming out the current menu screen at the zoom-out location so that the menus are displayed in less detail. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize content search delay and the user's inconvenience related to a content search, such as too much screen scrolling, and to help the user to easily and quickly search for the content of interest.
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