Patent ID: 8707212
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface for a mobile telephone devised for presentation of hierarchical information, comprising: a first menu field carrying a list of menu items, at least one of the menu items indicating a submenu field which is expandable within the first menu field, wherein a graphical layer effect is applied to an expanded submenu field such that expanded submenu field is displayed as a different layer than the first menu field, wherein, for an expanded submenu field located between two menu items, the first menu field is displayed as being separated into two first menu fields revealing the submenu field as an underlying layer therebetween; and a selection indicator comprising a contour formed around a selected menu item in the expanded submenu field and a graphical layer effect applied to the contour to display the selection indicator as a layer above the underlying layer of the submenu field.