Patent ID: 6614419
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
A user interface for use in a multifunctional display, the user interface comprising:a multifunctional display having a display screen and a panel surface; one or more hard operational mode selection keys situated on said panel surface of said multifunctional display, each of said hard operational mode selection keys being coupled to select different ones of a plurality of operational modes accessible by the user; a plurality of hard function control keys situated on said panel surface of said multifunctional display adjacent to said display screen, each of said plurality of hard function control keys being in electrical communication with a selected one of said operational modes; a hard Secret Until Lit label associated with one of said hard function control keys, said Secret Until Lit label being in electrical communication with said hard function control key and presenting a first context sensitive function legend relative to a first selected one of said operational modes; and a soft Secret Until Lit label situated on said display screen adjacent to said hard function control key, said soft Secret Until Lit label being in electrical communication with said hard function control key and presenting a second different context sensitive function legend relative to a second selected one of said operational modes.