Patent ID: 6904568

Claim:
A method for customizing an existing menu structure for a device, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of menus items arranged in a plurality of tiers in an existing menu structure for the device GUI, with each of a plurality of the menu items having at least one pointer associated therewith and with each of the at least one pointers providing a reference to one of the menu items that succeeds or precedes the associated menu item; designating one of the menu items to relocate; determining a desired location in the menu structure for the designated menu item; moving the designated menu item to the desired location to create a new menu structure; changing the at least one pointer associated with the designated menu item to provide a reference to one of the menu items that succeeds or precedes the designated menu item in the new menu structure; storing the new menu structure at a storage location; storing a reference to the storage location; providing a GUI or keystroke or other access to the reference; and setting the device to present menus in accordance with the new menu structure.