Patent ID: 7036091

Claim:
A method for obtaining user input in a graphical user interface, the method comprising: displaying at least a portion of a first curvilinear menu comprising a first set of selectable options circumferentially disposed on the first curvilinear menu; rotating the first curvilinear menu about an axis to radially align an option from the first set with a fixed selection indicator; in response to a selection of the radially-aligned option from the first set, displaying at least a portion of a second curvilinear menu comprising a second set of selectable options circumferentially disposed on the second curvilinear menu, wherein the second curvilinear menu is concentrically-disposed relative to the first curvilinear menu; and rotating the second curvilinear menu about the axis to radially align a user-selected option from the second set with the fixed selection indicator, wherein the user-selected options from the first and second sets always define a radially-aligned selection path through the first and second curvilinear menus.