MENU HAVING SEMI-TRANSPARENT AND DYNAMIC PREVIEW Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/481 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to user interface control means. The method involves determining when to activate a zonal menu, which includes adjacent zones, where the first zone is associated with a first menu and the second zone is associated with a second menu, selecting, based on the current context, the first or second menu as a default menu, initially displayed near the zone associated with the selected menu, in response to activation of the zonal menu and before displaying another unselected menu, displaying the zonal menu, determining the menu to be displayed, which is selected from the first and second menu, displaying said menu on the display such that said menu does not overlap another menu from another zone if there is not enough space for displaying said menu on the display in the corresponding section for said menu.

EFFECT: high accuracy of navigation when activating points of a zonal menu.

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