A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING A HIERARCHICAL MENU SYSTEM AND A DYNAMIC MENU

摘要

A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS , SUCH AS A MOBILE TELEPHONE, HAS A DISPLAY (6) A USER-CONTROLLED INPUT DEVICE (7), A MEMORY (30), A CONTROLLER (20) AND A HIERAR-CHICAL MENU SYSTEM STORED IN THE MEMORY. THE MENU SYSTEM HAS A PLURALITY OF MENUS, INCLUDING TOP-LEVEL MENUS (100,200,300), SUB-LEVEL MENUS (110,120,130,140,210,310,400), AND A PLURALITY OF MENU ITEMS (111-116, 121-123, 131-133, 141-144, 211-217, 311-313, 401-406) UNDER RESPECTIVE MENUS. THE CONTROLLER IS ARRAGED TO PRESENT INDIVIDUAL MENUS/MENU ITEMS ON THE DISPLAY , RECEIVE SELECTION COMMANDS FROM A USER THROUGH THE USER-CONTROLLED INPUT DEVICE AND IN RESPONSE PERFORM FUNCTIONS RELATED TO THE PRESENTED MENUS/MENU ITEMS. THE MEMORY OF THE APPARATUS HAS A DYNAMIC MENU (300,310), THE CONTENTS OF WHICH MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE USER. THE DYNAMIC MENU (300,310) IS EITHER A TOP-LEVEL MENU OR A SUB-LEVEL MENU IN THE HIERARCHICAL MENU SYSTEM.TO BE PUBLISHED TOGETHER WITH.(FIG.3)