Patent ID: 7793219
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving input associated with a first graphical object in a first window of a graphical user interface; and in response to receiving the input associated with the first graphical object: displaying the first graphical object at a first level of a hierarchy displayed in the second window, the first graphical object representing a menu visible during a rendering of a new multimedia composition; upon detecting movement of a second graphical object from the first window to the second window, displaying the second graphical object at a second level of the hierarchy, the second level of the hierarchy deeper than the first level of the hierarchy; while the first graphical object is displayed, appending a first menu item, from the menu, to the first graphical object; displaying a first link, in the second window, between the second graphical object and the first menu item appended to the first graphical object wherein appending the first menu item includes: creating the first menu item to describe content associated with the second graphical object; appending a graphical field to the first graphical object, the graphical field including display of the first menu item; creating the first link, the first link including a first directional indicator that describes a parent-child relationship between the first graphical object and the second graphical object; and wherein displaying the first link includes: connecting the graphical field to the second graphical object via the first link; wherein connecting the graphical field to the second graphical object via the first link includes: