Patent ID: 6133920
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
In a DVD playback system having a user interface responsive to directional command data and button selection command data from a pointing device, the user interface capable of displaying a plurality of buttons arranged in predetermined relations, selected of the buttons directly selectable by a user with button selection command data, other of the buttons not directly selectable by a user with button selection command data but accessible with directional command data initiated from the pointing device, a method for selecting buttons not directly selectable by a user;(a) receiving button selection command data from the pointing device, the button selection command data identifying a target button at a first position on the user interface;(b) determining whether the target button is a user selectable button; and(c) determining whether a connectivity path exists from a currently selected button at a second position on the user interface to the target button at the first position on the user interface, if the target button is not a user selectable button.