Patent ID: 8930851
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for visually representing a structure of menu views, the method comprising: displaying a navigator component comprising (i) a home icon configured to transition the navigator component to an earlier state, (ii) user-selectable rings that are centered on the home icon and represent sets of the menu views, comprising a first ring that currently is in an uncollapsed state relative to the home icon and has a visual indication of selection, and (iii) first user-selectable icons that belong to the first ring and are located between the home icon and at least one of the user-selectable rings, each first user-selectable icon configured to cause one of the menu views to be displayed; receiving a user input selecting a second ring of the user-selectable rings, the second ring being in a collapsed state relative to the home icon; transitioning the first ring from the uncollapsed state to the collapsed state relative to the home icon and the second ring from the collapsed state to the uncollapsed state relative to the home icon, such that a size of the navigator component remains the same; and displaying an updated navigator component (i) comprising the first ring in the collapsed state relative to the home icon and second user-selectable icons that belong to the second ring in the uncollapsed state, instead of the first user-selectable icons, and (ii) wherein the second ring currently has, and the first ring currently does not have, the visual indication of selection; wherein the menu views corresponding to the first user-selectable icons belong to a common category, and wherein each of the first user-selectable icons is provided with a respective design such that the first user-selectable icons when displayed in the navigator component collectively have an appearance that represents the common category.