Patent ID: 7437685

Claim:
A display device having a user interface displayed thereon by a computer, wherein the user interface includes a computer desktop start menu from which plural computer programs or computer functions are activated, the user interface comprising: a start interface, which either automatically upon activation of the user interface or in response to user action, activates said computer desktop start menu; a first plurality of branches, wherein the first plurality of branches appear automatically upon activation of the computer desktop start menu, wherein a second plurality of the branches are displayed extending from one of said first plurality of branches in the computer desktop start menu in response to a hover action over or proximate to a branch location of one of said first plurality of branches in the computer desktop start menu and after the hover action is completed a plurality of sub-branches, wherein the sub-branches are displayed, extending from one of the second plurality of branches, wherein the sub-branches appear either automatically upon appearance of their associated branch or in response to user action, and wherein the sub-branches identify and enable activation of at least some of the computer programs or computer functions; and an interface control including a sub-branch locking interface which includes a sub-branch locking switch that controls access to or use of one sub-branch, wherein the sub-branch locking switch is located proximate to the sub-branch that it controls.