Patent ID: 8869065

Claim:
A method for utilizing a segment ring menu, comprising: determining when to activate the segment ring menu; wherein the segment ring menu includes four sections that are equidistant from a center of the segment ring menu; wherein a first section is associated with a first menu; a second section is associated with a second menu; a third section is associated with a third menu and a fourth section is associated with a fourth menu; selecting, based on a current context, the first menu as a default menu when the current context is a first context; selecting the second menu as the default menu when the current context is a second context; selecting the third menu as the default menu when the current context is a third context; selecting the fourth menu as the default menu when the current context is a fourth context; wherein the default menu is initially displayed, proximate to the section that is associated with the selected menu in response to activating the segment ring menu and before displaying the other menus that are not selected; determining a location to display the segment ring menu; determining when there is insufficient room to display the default menu at the location that is associated with the one of the four sections that is associated with the segment ring menu; displaying the segment ring menu such that the default menu is displayed in its entirety; determining when to update a menu to display that is selected from the first section, the second section, the third section and the fourth section; and displaying the menu at a display location such that the menu does not overlap another menu and another one of the sections when there is insufficient room to display the menu on the display at a corresponding section for the menu.