Patent ID: 7086010

Claim:
A computer-readable medium encoded with a data structure for use in providing a graphical icon for display on a display of a portable communications device, characterized in that said data structure is encoded as digital data indicative of said graphical icon defined by alternating light and dark stripes, that a selected stripe of said light and dark stripes changes from light to dark and remains dark in a region bordering on at least a part of a dark segment of a neighbouring stripe, and beyond said dark segment said selected stripe remains dark or changes back to light to create a shadow adjacent to an edge of said icon, and a further selected stripe of said light and dark stripes changes from dark to light and remains light in a region bordering on at least a part of a light segment in said neighbouring stripe or in a further neighbouring stripe, and beyond said light segment said selected stripe remains light or changes back to dark to create a highlight adjacent to said edge or another edge of said icon, and that altogether said light and dark stripes with shadows and highlights provide said icon with a three-dimensional appearance.