Patent ID: 7596765
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling navigation in a menu structure of a cellular phone, comprising: providing a plurality of selectable menu items in the menu structure, where the selectable items relate to at least one of functions, applications, or settings of the cellular phone; associating each of the menu items with at least one dedicated sound; identifying, upon detecting selection of a particular one of the menu items in the menu structure, a particular one of the at least one dedicated sound associated with the particular menu item; and generating the particular dedicated sound in stereo to perceptively emanate from a spot, between at least two speakers associated with the cellular phone, that is indicative of a direction of movement within the menu structure relative to the particular menu item, without providing visual information related to the direction of movement within the menu structure relative to the particular menu item.