Graphical user interface for electronic devices

A graphical user interface and electronic equipment technology, applied in branch office equipment, electrical components, telephone communications, etc., can solve the problems of lack of ease of use and intuition, content providers cannot fully serve mobile device users, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2009-04-15
DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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Content providers also fail to adequately serve the needs of mobile device users due to the lack of an easy-to-use and intuitive interface for accessing a wide range of content

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[0021] Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates external features of an example electronic device 100 according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , an example electronic device 100 may be configured as a foldable or clamshell-type, web-enabled mobile phone (such as the model MM-8300 Multimedia Phone available from Sanyo North America Corporation), which has an open state ( Figure 1A ),Disabled( Figure 1B ). It should be noted, however, that the systems and methods according to the present invention may be used with electronic devices configured to use different hardware without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023] For example, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can ...

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An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to control the display of a graphical user interface on the display. The electronic device further includes a computer readable medium containing instructions for configuring the processor to provide a menu. The menu includes a plurality of links. The links include at least one link that corresponds to a submenu. The submenu includes a further plurality of links. The processor monitors a plurality of user inputs and monitors the position of a cursor within the display. The processor displays the menu upon entry of a first user input, and displays the submenu upon selection of the corresponding submenu link within the menu. When the cursor is within a content portion of the display and the menu is not displayed, the processor displays the submenu upon entry of a second user input, without first displaying the menu.

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[0001] Copyright Notice [0002] Portions of the disclosure of this patent document contain copyright notices for which it is claimed. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office files or records, but reserves all other copyright rights. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for providing a graphical user interface for an electronic device, and in particular to a system and a method for providing a graphical user interface for an electronic device with a small screen. Background technique [0004] As mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and pagers have become more complex, the range of applications they can provide has also become wider. Such devices are now often equipped with full-color, high-resolution liquid crystal displays (LCDs), which enable users ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/048H04M1/72469H04M1/72403
CPCH04M1/72522H04M1/72583G06F3/0482H04M1/72403H04M1/72469
Inventor 欧克·奥卡罗杰里米·A·魏因里布
Owner DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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