Patent ID: 7856602
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method comprising: displaying a region in a graphical user interface for receiving a command to cause a menu to be displayed; displaying, in response to receiving the command, the menu; displaying, on a display device, the menu within the graphical user interface, the menu including a plurality of selectable menu items, including a first menu item and an intermediate menu item, within the menu, wherein the first menu item includes a first region and a separate second region, the first region presenting a static title for the menu item, and the second region including text that is capable of scrolling; selecting the first menu item through the intermediate menu item; and automatically loop scrolling the text, in response to receiving the command to display the menu on the display device, within the second region of the first menu item but not the intermediate menu item, wherein the automatic loop scrolling the text further includes an animation selected from one of the following: horizontal loop scrolling right-to-left, horizontal loop scrolling left-to-right, vertical loop scrolling, content increasing in size, content decreasing in size, content presented having three-dimensional appearance, content having shadowing, content having a change in shadowing, scrolling during an unselected state, scrolling a first sentence horizontally while a second sentence scrolls vertically, and wherein, information communicated by the scrolling of the text automatically and dynamically changes as the text scrolls.