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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Ronaldus Hermanus Theodorus Oosterholt, Weert, NL;
Ronaldus Hermanus Theodorus Oosterholt, Weert, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of displaying a plurality of items is described. The items are arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels, each of the hierarchical levels comprises a plurality of sets of items, each set comprising at least one of the plurality of items and each item has associated therewith at least one other item in another hierarchical level. An item within a first hierarchical level is selected (step), at least two sets of items of at least one second hierarchical level (the second hierarchical level being a level lower than the first hierarchical level) are arranged in an order determined by the selected one of the items (step) and the ordered sets of items are displayed (step).