Patent ID: 8600447

Claim:
A mobile phone comprising: a user interface configured to display a menu system to a user and to receive input from the user; and an electronic device coupled to the user interface, wherein the electronic device is configured to: provide the menu system, wherein the menu system comprises a plurality of menu levels, and each one of the menu levels comprises a plurality of distinct menu items, enable the user to browse through the plurality of menu levels in the menu system, enable the user to make a preliminary selection of any distinct menu item from a plurality of distinct menu items at a first menu level in the menu system, wherein the user remains at the first menu level upon making the preliminary selection, provide an audio output in response to the user making a preliminary selection of any of the distinct menu items, wherein the audio output is unique for each distinct menu item, thereby enabling the user to distinguish between the distinct menu items based on the audio output, wherein the audio output is formed from a plurality of stored segmental units of sound, one or more of the stored segmental units of sound being used to form the audio output response for a plurality of the distinct menu items, thereby reducing the amount of memory necessary to provide the audio outputs for the plurality of menu items, and enable the user to make a determinative selection of any distinct menu item from the plurality of distinct menu items at the first menu level only after a preliminary selection of that distinct menu item has been made, wherein the user proceeds to a second menu level in the menu system different from the first menu level upon making the determinative selection, wherein organization and placement of the distinct menu items in the menu system remains the same unless manually updated by the user using the user interface.