Patent ID: 8677280

Claim:
A computer, operating using a processor and a display screen to display a menu and to accept selections from the menu, where said processor produces an output indicative of a menu that is substantially in the shape of at least a portion of a circle having multiple different ring portions, where items on the menu can be selected, and where selecting the items on the menu changes content which is shown in other portions of the menu, to show content that is associated with the selected item on the menu, said processor operating to determine, when a first item has been selected from a first ring portion of the menu, other content associated with the first item for displaying on a second ring portion of the menu different than the first ring portion of the menu, by determining if the item has been selected previously within a specified update time, if not, receiving over a network connection, update information for said content associated with the item, and displaying said other content including said update information responsive to said item being selected, and if the item has been selected previously within the specified update time, then displaying already-stored information associated with the item without checking for an update and using previously downloaded information, without contacting a server, and where said output comprises multiple different rectangular display portions, each of said multiple different rectangular display portions showing a display of a specific option based on the selected item, where said multiple different rectangular display portions is not part of said ring portions and is created as a break between said first item in the ring portions and another item in the ring portions when said first item is selected, where said break is not shown before said item is selected.