Patent ID: 7061545

Claim:
A method for displaying a menu of a TV the method comprising the steps of: setting a screen display mode to simultaneously display two or more screens on a TV, at least one screen displaying the menu; automatically sizing displayed elements, including an interactive menu element, to a size proportionate with the size of said two or more screens; determining whether or not a menu key is input to display interactive program specific information including broadcasting program information; determining which screen display mode is the current screen display mode if it is determined that said menu key is input; displaying each interactive menu element including an icon in the menu display screen depending on the screen display mode if all elements of the menu can be displayed on the determined display area in a default size without separately adjusting the size of an interactive menu element; automatically reducing the size of said menu elements to a size other than a default size in accordance with the size of the screen on which the menu is displayed, to permit said menu elements to be displayed on the determined display area if the determined area is too small to display all menu elements; and enlarging the reduced size menu elements by a factor that is less than a reciprocal number of the size reduction factor of the menu elements to display menu elements to be easily discriminated by a viewer on the display screen.