Patent ID: 8578295
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for displaying radial menu items in a radial menu, comprising configuring one or more processors to perform an operation comprising: receiving a gesture that causes a screen pointer to select a first radial menu item in a first radial menu, wherein the first radial menu item is associated with a second radial menu; upon receiving the gesture, displaying a second radial menu, wherein the second radial menu has a center at or near a location of the screen pointer and distinct from a center of the first radial menu, and wherein the second radial menu includes one or more second menu items extending radially outward from the center of the second radial menu; and placing one or more of the second radial menu items in the second radial menu based on a direction of movement of the screen pointer in the gesture to select the first radial menu item, wherein each of the one or more second radial menu items have an associated selectability value, wherein placement of the one or more second radial menu items in the second radial menu is based on respective selectability values, and wherein at least one of the second radial menu items having a relatively low selectability value is placed in a radial menu pie of the second radial menu that is orthogonal to the direction of movement of the screen pointer in the gesture to select the first radial menu item.