IP Library Granted Patent US 40,742
Granted Patent E1
US 40,742 · App. 11/827,990 · Granted Jun 16, 2009

Method and apparatus of composing menu for users

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 40,742
App. No.
11/827,990
Granted
Jun 16, 2009
Kind
E1
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by providing a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method comprises the steps of deciding whether an item is optionally selected out of the hierarchically structured OSD menu items; deciding whether a user menu registration button for the optionally selected item is pressed; registering the selected menu with the user menu by adding an index to the currently selected item once the user menu registration button is properly pressed; displaying the registered user menu on an OSD menu if a user view menu is established; actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and deleting a menu item from the user menu if a deletion button is pressed on an optionally selected item out of the user menu.

Claims (20)

1. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure, the method comprising the steps of:

deciding whether an item is optionally selected out of the hierarchically structured OSD menu items;

deciding whether a user menu registration button for the optionally selected item is pressed;

registering the selected menu item with the user menu by adding an index to the currently selected item once the user menu registration button is properly pressed;

displaying the registered user menu on an OSD menu if a user view menu is established; actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and

deleting a menu item from the user menu if a deletion button is pressed on an optionally selected item out of the user menu.

2. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein said user menu is setting if the user select ‘main source’ using the remote control.

3. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein the user select ‘special’ item among the initial OSD menu using the remote control, then the hierarchically structured OSD menu is displayed.

4. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein when the user menu displayed the user can choose certain item.

5. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein said registering step registers a specific user menu; the user presses the ‘user menu registration’ button on the remote control, a microcomputer detects the user pressed button, and stores index data on the corresponding item into the user menu domain.

6. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein a user can delete any item from the user menu at any time by deletion button on the remote control.

7. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein a user can be optionally composed of display position of the user menu screen, size and color.

8. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 1 , wherein if the user wishes to see detailed items of ‘main source’, the user moves the cursor of the remote control and presses a confirm key.

9. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure, the apparatus comprising:

a graphics processing unit for graphically processing the OSD menu;

a memory for storing index data on the OSD menu to provide the data to the graphics processing unit;

a microcomputer for displaying the OSD menu or the user menu on the screen by controlling said graphics processing unit and for actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and

a remote control having a deletion button for deletion a menu item from the user menu.

10. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 9 , wherein said graphics processing unit displays the user menu on the screen.

11. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of claim 9 , wherein said microcomputer includes a remote control signal receiving circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 036042/0088 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2000-0072910 · Dec 4, 2000 · national
Continuity (1)
Reissue 1000542500 · Dec 3, 2001