Patent ID: 7561900

Claim:
A portable apparatus adapted to display thereon a plurality of functions as a menu for allowing a desired one of the plurality of functions to be selected and executed, comprising: said menu including an uncustomized first menu, a customized first menu, an uncustomized second menu and a customized second menu, each having a hierarchy structure having a plurality of functions, respectively; said uncustomized second menu having a menu for supporting functions of said portable apparatus; said uncustomized first menu and said customized first menu being comprising one or more functions extracted from those of said uncustomized second menu and said customized second menu, respectively, and the hierarchic position of at least one of said extracted function(s) in said hierarchy structure of said uncustomized first menu and said customized first menu being a higher hierarchical position than that of said uncustomized second menu and said customized second menu, respectively; and display switching section that switches among said uncustomized first menu, said customized first menu, said uncustomized second menu and said customized second menu to be displayed, wherein said customized first menu is a modification of said uncustomized first menu and said customized second menu is a modification of said uncustomized second menu.