Patent ID: 8667419

Claim:
A method of displaying a navigation control, the method comprising: displaying a first top-level menu item, a second top-level menu item, and a third top-level menu item, wherein the first top-level menu item is associated with at least two sub-menu items, wherein the second top-level menu item is associated with at least two sub-menu items, and wherein each of the sub-menu items is associated with content data; enabling an operator to input a first indication of the first top-level menu item; displaying the sub-menu items associated with the first top-level menu item; enabling the operator to input a second indication of a first desired sub-menu item associated with the first top-level menu item; displaying first desired content data associated with the first desired sub-menu item; enabling the operator to input a third indication of the second top-level menu item; displaying the sub-menu items associated with the second top-level menu item; enabling the operator to input a fourth indication of a second desired sub-menu item associated with the second top-level menu item; displaying second desired content data associated with the second desired sub-menu item; enabling the operator to input a fifth indication of the third top-level menu item; and enabling the operator to input a sixth indication of either the first top-level menu item or the second top-level menu item, wherein: in response to the operator inputting the sixth indication of the first top-level menu item, displaying (i) the first desired sub-menu item associated with the first top-level menu item as visually highlighted, (ii) the first desired content data associated with the first desired sub-menu item, and (iii) a first status message indicating that the first desired content data associated with the first desired sub-menu item is displayed based on the second indication of the first desired sub-menu item as a most recently viewed sub-menu item of the first top-level menu item indicated by the sixth indication, and in response to the operator inputting the sixth indication of the second top-level menu item, displaying (i) the second desired sub-menu item associated with the second top-level menu item as visually highlighted, (ii) the second desired content data associated with the second desired sub-menu item, and (iii) a second status message indicating that the second desired content data associated with the second desired sub-menu item is displayed based on the fourth indication of the second desired sub-menu item as a most recently viewed sub-menu item of the second top-level menu item indicated by the sixth indication.