Patent ID: 6938216
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface for displaying a menu on a display screen on the basis of a predefined manipulation of an input device, comprising: input device monitoring means for monitoring at least one of a location and an actuation state of the input device; cursor display control means for displaying a cursor on the display screen based on location information from the input device monitoring means; and menu display control means for selecting and displaying on the display screen a single menu of a plurality of menus, at a same location as the cursor on the display screen, and on the basis of at least one of: a number of consecutive actuations of the same input device in a predetermined time interval for the cursor located at a single location on the display screen; and a duration time of an actuation of the same input device for the cursor located at a single location on the display screen.