Patent ID: 6469721
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A system for scrolling through a list of menu options displayed on a display comprising:a display for displaying a list of menu options in response to at least one of a start button and a menu button where one of said menu options is a current selection at a current location; a receiver for receiving a user command to alter the current selection with respect to the list of menu options; a processor for controlling said list of menu options to scroll through said current location of said current selection as currently displayed on said display and for controlling the display to display the list of menu options with the new current selection as scrolled by said processor, wherein the list of menu options is displayed in a number of cells and the current location of the current selection is movable in the direction towards a nearest display border perpendicular to the scrolling direction only if the current location of the current selection is greater than one cell removed from said nearest display border.