Patent ID: 8161404

Claim:
A vehicle multimedia system, comprising: a display for displaying menus and menu items of a hierarchical menu structure, each menu comprising one or more menu items, wherein upon activation of a menu item, a submenu is reached or a function assigned to activated the menu item is performed; a first operating element operable by a user; a control unit adapted to select and activate a menu item of the hierarchical menu structure in response to receiving a signal from the first operating element; a memory adapted to store a last menu item activated by the control unit in response to an actuation of the first operating element or a menu comprising the last activated menu item or both, where the memory is further adapted to: store the last activated menu item or the menu comprising the last activated menu item if the last activated menu item is associated with the function; and forgo to store the last activated menu item or the menu comprising the last activated menu item if the last activated menu item is associated with reaching a submenu; and a second operating element operable by a user; where the control unit is further adapted to: in response to an operation of the second operating element, retrieve the last activated menu item or the menu comprising the last activated menu item stored in memory, and activate the retrieved menu item, or display the retrieved menu on the display; select a menu item that belongs to a hierarchically higher menu; automatically leading to an displaying a first submenu; selecting a menu item that belongs to the first submenu; automatically leading to and displaying a second submenu hierarchically lower than the submenu; and tracking only a menu comprising the activated menu item, only the activated menu item, or both.