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User interface and method for displaying the user interface

A user interface, equipment technology, applied in special data processing applications, components of color TVs, components of TV systems, etc., can solve problems such as low efficiency, reduced efficiency, and impact of multimedia devices and content

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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However, if the user must very frequently intervene such as figure 2 In the content selection and reproduction in the traditional method, the efficiency of using multimedia devices and content will be greatly reduced
This inefficiency associated with the plethora of menu selection processes and screen changes also affects various multimedia-related operations beyond content reproduction

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[0034] Various aspects and features of the present invention and methods of implementing the present invention may be more readily understood by referring to the following detailed description of the exemplary embodiments and accompanying drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention will only be defined by the appended claims. Throughout the specification, the same reference numerals refer to the same parts.

[0035] The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.

[0036] image 3 is a diagram of a user interface for selecting multimedia content provided by a multim...

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A user interface in which a plurality of pieces of related menu information belonging to distinct categories are displayed in parallel, and an apparatus and method for displaying the user interface are provided. The apparatus includes an interface storage unit which stores information regarding a plurality of menu icons belonging to a plurality of categories, a display unit which displays the menu icons in a plurality of regions, an input reception unit which receives one of a directional input signal or a selection input signal from a user, and a control unit which changes the menu icons displayed by the display unit or moves the selector in response to the input signal received by the input reception unit by referencing the information stored in the interface storage unit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a user interface in which pieces of related menu information belonging to different categories are displayed side by side, and a method and device for displaying the user interface. Background technique [0002] A home network generally includes a variety of multimedia devices connected to each other. Therefore, network functions and features are important in order to use the device easily. For example, various contents may be stored in respective multimedia devices. For content playback, it is necessary to select a device from which to play the content. Then, specific content to be played is selected from the selected devices by using various information provided by the selected devices. Therefore, efficiently classifying and representing various multimedia information elements has become an important problem in the field of user interface design. [0003] Information that may be provided or...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/048G06F3/0482H04N5/445H04N7/16
CPCG06F3/0482G06F16/44H04N7/163H04N21/42204H04N21/43615H04N21/47H04N21/472H04N21/482C02F1/001G07F9/105
Inventor 李贞元
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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