Patent ID: 7079115

Claim:
An apparatus for selecting an item from a predetermined set of menu items organized in a menu comprising a first and second menu levels, the apparatus comprising: a user interface comprising an input having a plurality of actuators, and an output; control means for controlling the user interface to provide a first menu selection corresponding to the first menu level and comprising a first number of menu items not exceeding the number of actuators, wherein different menu items are associated with different actuators; and selection means responsive to operation of any one of the actuators for selecting from the menu a first item associated with the operated actuator; wherein the control means is configured to control the user interface to provide, corresponding to the second menu level, a second menu selection comprising a second number of menu items in response to selection of the first item so that at least one menu item of the second menu selection represents a subset of the first item, the second number being less than the first number and the actuator operated to select the first item is never associated with a menu item of the second selection.