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AN 11530319 IFIPAT;IFIUDB;IFICDB
TI Method for generating an interactive menu
INF Gandolph; Dirk, Ronnenberg, DE
Hoerentrup; Jobst, Hannover, DE
Ostermann; Ralf, Hannover, DE
Peters; Hartmut, Barsinghausen, DE
Herpel; Carsten, Wennigsen, DE
IN Gandolph Dirk (DE); Herpel Carsten (DE); Hoerentrup Jobst (DE); Ostermann
Ralf (DE); Peters Hartmut (DE)
PAF Unassigned
PA Unassigned Or Assigned To Individual (68000)
PPA Thomson Licensing S A FR (Probable)
AG JOSEPH J. LAKS, VICE PRESIDENT;THOMSON LICENSING LLC, PATENT OPERATIONS,
PO BOX 5312, PRINCETON, NJ, 08543-5312, US
PI US 20070180404 A1 20070802
AI US 2004-581815 20040911 (10)
WO 2004-EP10186 20040911
20060602 PCT 371 date
20060602 PCT 102(e) date
PRAI EP 2003-27957 20031204
FI US 20070180404 20070802
DT Utility; Patent Application - First Publication
FS ELECTRICAL
APPLICATION
ED Entered STN: 2 Aug 2007
Last Updated on STN: 13 Sep 2007
AB A method for generating an interactive electronic menu on a display, the
menu comprising menu items, wherein a menu item may be in a deselected,
selected or activated state, and the menu being coded into a menu data
segment, comprises that at least a first and a second menu item are