US 11,861,145 B2
Graphical user interface system
Jacob N. Wohlstadter, Potomac, MD (US); George Sigal, Rockville, MD (US); Edward J. S. Roques, Bethesda, MD (US); Louis W. Pang, Sandy Spring, MD (US); Pankaj Oberoi, Rockville, MD (US); Kin Ng, Monrovia, MD (US); and Michael Vock, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to METHODICAL MIND, LLC, Rockville, MD (US)
Filed by METHODICAL MIND, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,376.
Application 17/849,376 is a continuation of application No. 17/186,659, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,372,523.
Application 17/186,659 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,526, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,936,163, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/699,381, filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118183 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G16C 20/10 (2019.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G16C 20/10 (2019.02)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by at least one processor for navigating a path of hierarchical menu levels outputted to a user interface (UI), the method comprising:
providing, by at least one processor, a first command for a first display of a first set of two or more user-selectable menu items to be displayed on a first portion of a user interface (UI) display;
providing, by the at least one processor, a relocation command for at least a portion of the first set of two or more user-selectable menu items to be relocated to a second portion of the UI display and removed from the first portion in response to a user selection of a user-selectable menu item from the first set of two or more user-selectable menu items;
providing, by the at least one processor, a second command to display a user-selectable navigation item in the second portion of the UI display with the at least a portion of the first set of two or more user-selectable menu items; and
providing, by the at least one processor, a third command to provide a second display of a second set of two or more user-selectable items to be displayed on the first portion of the UI display in response to the user selection.