Patent ID: 7346373
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A device for organizing a menu in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a control unit for dynamically generating and deleting a plurality of menu planes according to a user's setting, each plane including at least one menu item; a control unit for enabling multi-dimensional navigation between the generated menu planes wherein when there is an empty menu registration slot in the new menu plane, the control unit enables the empty menu item slot to inherit a menu item of a menu registration slot in a previous menu plane, the menu registration slot of the previous menu plane corresponding to the empty menu item slot, and the control unit enables the display unit to display the inherited menu item on the empty menu item slot; and a display unit for receiving the menu planes from the control unit and displaying the received menu planes under control of the control unit, wherein when a user registers a menu, the control unit generates a plurality of menu planes including at least one user menu registration slot connected to the registered menu, and, if a menu selection cursor moves from at least one user menu registration slot in a first menu plane of the plurality of menu planes so as to exit the first menu plane, the control unit moves the menu selection cursor to a second menu plane of the plurality of menu planes.