System and method for selecting an item in a list of items...

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2004-12-28

2008-11-25

Nguyen, Cao (Department: 2173)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

On-screen workspace or object

C715S700000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07458035

ABSTRACT:
The present invention concerns a system and a method for selecting an item in a list of items and associated products. The selecting system comprises means for repeatedly and simultaneously providing at least two sub-lists of items of the list for displaying on a screen, means for controlling an orderly displaying of the items of each of those sub-lists side by side on the screen, simultaneously and in different scrolling zones for the respective sub-lists, means for scrolling at least partly the list of items on the screen in the various scrolling zones, by repeatedly modifying the items of the sub-lists through cancelling firstly introduced items in the sub-lists and introducing new items from the list of items, and means for enabling a user to select at least one of the items of at least one of the sub-lists being displayed in a given selection area. Applications to STB and interactive TV EPG and to music files retrieval.

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patent: WO 03/079661 (2003-09-01), None
Search Report Dated Jul. 11, 2005.

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