Patent ID: 8245156
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying a radial menu comprising a plurality of selectable GUI items arranged radially around a position indicator, each of the selectable GUI items being associated with a set of angles from a center point of the radial menu; detecting a movement of the position indicator out of bounds of the radial menu at a particular angle associated with a particular one of the selectable GUI items that corresponds to a submenu of the radial menu; as the position indicator moves out of the radial menu at the particular angle, (i) selecting the particular selectable GUI item and (ii) predicting, before the movement of the position indicator stops, an expected location at which the position indicator is expected to stop moving; displaying the submenu at the expected location; and after the position indicator stops moving, moving the submenu from the expected location to a location where the position indicator movement actually stopped.