Patent ID: 7694237

Claim:
A method comprising: providing on a display of an electronic device menu functions in a layered menu structure comprising several at least partially overlapped menu layers, the layered menu structure comprising at least a first menu layer and at least one further menu layer, said first menu layer comprising first menu functions, the first menu layer being displayed as a top layer of the layered menu structure on the display, said at least one further menu layer comprising second menu functions, in which layered menu structure the at least one further menu layer and other menu layers preceding the at least one further menu layer are displayed as part of the layered menu structure so as to be at least partially covered by said first menu layer, where all menu layers except for the first menu layer are displayed as part of the layered menu structure so as to be at least partially covered by the first menu layer, the method further comprising: forming a logical link between said first menu layer and one of said at least one further menu layer in such a way that said one of said at least one further menu layer is either (i) a menu layer that follows said first menu layer in the layered menu structure or (ii) a menu layer that precedes said first menu layer in the layered menu structure, a user selecting said one of said at least one further menu layer to be moved to the top layer of the layered menu structure so as to be displayed on the display instead of said first menu layer by giving a first command, said first menu layer then being displayed as part of the layered menu structure so as to be at least partially covered by said selected one of said at least one further menu layer, and the user selecting a menu function presented on that menu layer which is on the top layer of the layered menu structure displayed on the display by giving a second command.