Patent ID: 7966575
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a menu display for a GUI comprising the steps of: displaying in a visually rotatable first portion of a screen a menu on the screen in the form of at least a subset of a group of icons, wherein each icon corresponds to a respective menu option among a plurality of menu options, and is selectable by a user; displaying an icon selector graphic on the screen that is adapted to identify which icon corresponding to a particular one of the menu options is currently selected by a user; and displaying in a visually rotatable second portion of the screen that is intersected by at least one edge of the screen such that only a textual label that describes the currently selected menu option is fully in view on the screen, wherein the textual label is from a group of textual labels; wherein the group of icons and the icon selector graphic are rotatable relative to each other and in accordance with an input by the user.