Patent ID: 8645863

Claim:
A method for utilizing a region menu, comprising: determining when to activate the region menu; wherein the region menu includes at least two regions including a first region, and a second region, that are approximately adjacent to each other; wherein the first region is associated with a first menu; and the second region is associated with a second menu; selecting, based on a current context, the first menu as a default menu when the current context is a first context and selecting the second menu as the default menu when the current context is a second context, wherein the default menu is initially displayed, proximate to the region associated with the selected menu in response to activating the region menu and before displaying the other one of the first and second menus that is not selected; displaying the region menu; determining a menu to display that is selected from the first menu and the second menu; and displaying the menu at a display location such the menu does not overlap another menu and another one of the regions when there is insufficient room to display the menu on the display at a corresponding section for the menu.