Patent Document ID: 8631350
Application ID: 13092850

Base Claim:
1. A method for displaying a graphical context menu on a display screen of a communication device, the method comprising: receiving a menu request; selecting, based on a context of the menu request, a subset of menu items from a complete set of menu items available for the context; determining a number of slots for a graphical context menu based on a number of menu items selected in the subset of menu items; comparing the number of slots for the graphical context menu to the number of menu items: obtaining at least one filler menu item from the complete set of menu items, the at least one filler menu item not being included in the subset of menu items; inserting the subset of menu items and the at least one filler menu item into selected slots in the graphical context menu; and rendering the graphical context menu on the display screen with the menu items and the at least one filler menu item.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the number of slots for the graphical context menu includes generating a grid in accordance with the number of slots, the grid being one of: a three column by three row grid, a three column by two row grid, and a three column by one row grid.