KR20100122461A - Graphic user interface using polyhedron and user terminal device implementing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A GUI using polyhedron and user terminal for implementing the same are provided to confirm a plurality of contents menus at a time by arranging the contents to each side of the polyhedron. CONSTITUTION: The contents menu executes the designated contents. A mother polyhedral frame is composed of child polyhedral frames where the contents menu is positioned in the divided block. If one is selected among the contents menu, a folder user interface of the next step including the contents menus of the low rank is marked, or the contents corresponding to the selected menu as described above is processed.

Description

Graphical user interface using polyhedron and user terminal device implementing the same

The present invention relates to a graphical user interface using a polyhedron that can display a plurality of content menus at once, and has excellent operability and user experience, and is implemented as a three-dimensional or two-dimensional geometric polyhedron and at least on each side of the polyhedron. One or more content menus are arranged, and the arranged content menus relate to a graphic user interface that can be reconfigured according to a user's intention according to a user's operation on a polyhedron and a user terminal implementing the same.

Due to the development of data communication and the spread of cheap network services, the Internet population is exploding. People are living in an age where people can't live outside the Internet, such as accessing news on the Internet, acquiring knowledge for work, working through e-mail, and buying things through cyber shopping malls.

In the flood of information via the Internet, hyperlink-based web interfaces are used to quickly access desired information. A user surfs the Internet by clicking on a hyperlink included in a web page, stepping through the desired information.

However, according to the conventional web interface, since the hyperlinks are irregularly distributed on the web page, the user can smoothly surf the web only through extremely limited input means such as a mouse. If you want to surf the web using the keyboard, try pressing the Tab key repeatedly several times to move the active focus to the hyperlink you want and press Enter to open the next web page. It can only be very cumbersome until the user reaches the desired final destination.

Meanwhile, in recent years, portable user terminals capable of connecting to the Internet and playing multimedia have emerged one after another due to the increase in communication speed and the appearance of high performance terminals. However, the portability of the user terminal imposes restrictions on the use of various contents utilizing the wireless Internet. In other words, portable mobile communication terminals are getting higher performance than desktop PCs. However, due to limited screen size, low resolution, and limitation of input method, smooth full browsing or free surfing of Internet web pages is still difficult. In this case, the limited keypad of the portable user terminal is complicated and cumbersome to perform a smooth web surfing as in the case of surfing the web using the keyboard. In addition, in the graphical user interface such as desktop PCs and notebook PCs, the folder method is adopted to store or edit content menus, icons, electronic files or other subfolders by category or group according to the user's preference by a simple folder editing operation of the user. You can do it. For example, in a web browser or the like, a user may freely edit and organize websites frequently visited in a bookmark folder so that a user can quickly access a corresponding content menu.

However, the traditional folder user interface is flat, so it is not possible to know what content menus are contained before the user opens the folder, and in addition to the content menu, another folder may be stored or stored in succession. Therefore, in order to access a content menu desired by a user, there is a problem in that the number of times a user inputs a command is increased. This problem is particularly limited in the portable user terminal, since the degree of freedom of operation of the input means is extremely limited, and thus the user's satisfaction is limited.

In order to solve this problem, a technique of miniaturizing the keyboard of the keyboard or applying a full touch input method to a portable user terminal has been proposed, but there is still a problem that the operation or input method is complicated and frequently causes incorrect input, and has a limited size. The problem of not being suitable for free web surfing and browsing at the desktop PC level is still unresolved.

In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention provides a graphical user interface using a polyhedron that can check a large number of content menus at the same time on a limited size screen and has excellent user convenience and user experience, and to implement the same. To provide a user terminal.

One aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems is a plurality of content menu for executing the specified content; A graphical user interface is provided that includes a polyhedron frame composed of a plurality of polyhedron frames each having the content menu disposed in a partitioned block on each side.

Another aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems is a plurality of content menu for executing the specified content; An output unit for displaying a graphical user interface including a polyhedron frame composed of a plurality of polyhedron frames each having the content menu disposed in a partitioned block of each side; An input unit configured to perform a user's input command; And a GUI operating unit configured to configure the graphic user interface and output a desired content menu through the polyhedron frame according to an operation of the input unit.

According to the present invention, since a plurality of content menus are arranged on each side of the polyhedron on a screen of limited size through a polyhedron user interface for improved user operation ease, even when the user does not take a separate access operation to the content menu or Without selecting a certain content menu and switching to the next screen, the content menu or its submenus placed on each block surface of the polyhedron user interface are output as many times as possible before previewing or viewing a site map. Not only can it be seen, but also the user's ease of operation, intuition, reliability and experience are excellent because the rotation in various directions, adjustment of the viewing angle, various reconstructions, etc. are achieved by the user's simple input operation.

1 is a screen example schematically showing the structure of an interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a screen example showing a user interface in a cube frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A to 3C illustrate examples of input means for operating a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention for each type.
4 illustrates another operation example of a user interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 illustrates another operation example of the user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 illustrates another operation example of a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B illustrate another operation example of the user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a user terminal implementing a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 illustrates a user combining and foldering contents.
10 illustrates a polyhedron frame generated by a user combining contents.
11 shows a polyhedral frame with three faces visible.
12A and 12B illustrate that the rows and columns of the polyhedron constituting the polyhedron frame rotate independently up, down, left, and right.
13A to 13F show that when a product placed in a content menu is selected in a polyhedron frame, detailed information of the enlarged product is shown on one side, and when touched again, the polyhedron rotates up, down, left and right by touching the corner. It is shown.
FIG. 14 illustrates a state in which 27 content menus having three sides are exposed and viewable.
15A shows that one polyhedron frame is separated from the parent polyhedron frame.
15B illustrates that each surface exposed by the polyhedron frame separation is activated as a lower content menu.
FIG. 15C illustrates a state in which a lower content menu is activated on each side of one separated polyhedron frame.
16A and 16B illustrate a state in which a separate polyhedron frame is generated as a new polyhedron by object content calculation.
16C shows another block falling out of the separated polyhedron frame.
FIG. 16D shows that the separated polyhedron frame is set as a menu of new content.
FIG. 16E illustrates that new polygonal polyhedral frames generated by calculating object contents are arranged by sorting by categories.
FIG. 16F illustrates the creation of a new polyhedron frame composed of a higher menu by selecting newly generated polyhedron frames by a user's input operation and combining them.
FIG. 16G shows that the polyhedron frame of the content menus is combined into a polyhedron frame by a user's input manipulation.
17 illustrates an example in which an input is made through an auxiliary input display unit in an example of operating a user interface of the present invention implemented in a user terminal employing a touch method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. have.

Hereinafter, a graphic user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an example schematically showing a structure of a basic graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A graphical user interface in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of content menus 10 selectable by a user, and for placing the content menu 10 on a specified face of a polyhedron or on a designated block of that face. It consists of a polyhedron frame 20 which is a frame. When the predetermined content menu 10 is executed, the final contents 30 are displayed. Here, the term "block" refers to a space of a corresponding surface occupied by one content menu, and may indicate an explicit boundary between blocks to distinguish a content menu from other content menus adjacent thereto.

The content menu 10 may be a link or hypertext for switching to the next user interface or outputting the final content corresponding to the content menu. In addition, the content menu 10 may be a combination of link information into any one of a simple text, a thumbnail image or an icon image, and a thumbnail movie, or a text and a fragment image or a text and a fragment. Link information may be combined with a composite of a moving picture, or may be a TV picture, various moving pictures, or a player itself. In particular, the expression 'content menu' 10 in the present specification may be the content itself, but is not limited thereto, and includes meanings of icons such as main menus, sub-menus, applications or data files, web pages, folders, directories, and the like. Note that it is generalized to a higher expression.

The polyhedron frame 20 is a frame for disposing a plurality of content menus 10 on each side of the polyhedron. The polyhedral frame 20 can be modeled using software tools such as Autodesk's AUTOCAD, Maya, 3D MAX or Adobe's 3D Illustrator. Those skilled in the art can express through other applications in addition to the software tool. The polyhedron of the graphical user interface according to the embodiment of the present invention may arrange only one content menu 10 on one side as shown in FIG. 1, but divides one side into at least two blocks for each block. It is also possible to arrange different content menus 10. At this time, the shape of the block or the shape of each surface of the polyhedron is not limited to the square shown in FIG. 1, and various geometric shapes are possible according to the needs of those skilled in the art, and according to the shape, the polyhedron is not limited to a cube but geometrically possible n-sided. (n is a natural number of 3 or more). As described above, the polyhedral frame 20 of the present invention may be referred to as a three-dimensional folder user interface in which a flat tree-type menu folder of an existing web browser is 3D. In the case of a 3D graphical user interface, and in the case of a website menu, it may be a web browser, a toolbar, or a TV player or a video player. May be a player capable of simultaneous playback. In this case, each side acts as a TV channel window, for example.

The final content 30 provides the user with news articles, product advertisements, shopping information, entertainment information, audio / video multimedia services, etc. as the final object to be accessed or found through the graphical user interface of the present invention. The final content 30 may be any one of document data, image data, sound source data, video data, or a combination of at least two or more, or an application application program for reproducing these data. As an example of the document data, the final content 30 may be a document that combines and provides at least two or more of the data using a markup language such as html, xml, sgml, etc., in this case, the final content The content menu selected for executing may include a link information indicating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or a local storage path.

Meanwhile, various types of polyhedron frames as described above may be used in the graphic user interface according to the embodiment of the present invention. In addition to the cubes of FIGS. 1 and 2, geometrically possible polyhedrons such as tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron may be employed, which may be easily understood by those skilled in the art, at least that the basic configuration is the same. .

2 illustrates a graphical user interface of a cube frame as an example of a polyhedron that can be used in a graphical user interface in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operating method will be described in detail by taking the user interface using the hexahedron of FIG. 2 as a representative example to help the understanding of the present invention.

At least two content menus may be disposed on one side of the hexahedron frame according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates a case in which one side of a hexahedral frame is divided into nine equal rectangular blocks, and different content menus are arranged in each block. In addition, when the content menus are called main menus, each of the main content menus may have a structure including a lower sub content menu. In addition, each surface of the hexahedral frame may be arranged by dividing the content menu by a predetermined category. For example, on the first page, news menus are arranged in each block by sector (economy, sports, politics, society, world, weather, entertainment, science, columns, etc.), or on the second page, shopping menus are divided into general shopping malls and price comparisons. , An open shopping mall, a book shopping mall, a second-hand shopping mall, an overseas shopping mall, an IT shopping mall, an auto parts shopping mall, a clothing shopping mall, and the like may be arranged in each block separated on the second side. In addition, for example, if the economic sector block of the first page of the news category is executed, the lower sub-menus such as securities, real estate, finance, foreign exchange, crude oil, raw materials, companies, finance, etc. may be displayed on each side. have. As described above, the hexahedral frame illustrated in FIG. 2 may be, for example, a folder user interface in which a tree folder of a Windows Explorer, which is a recent PC operating system, is 3D-dimensionalized. In addition, when a predetermined content menu belonging to a predetermined category is a TV image or various moving images, each surface of the polyhedron or each block surface constituting one polyhedron may serve as a video player. Furthermore, it is possible to execute several videos at the same time in several aspects at the same time, also functions as a multi-vision player, each side of the polyhedron can be a channel window arranged with multiple TV channels.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a graphical user interface includes: a polyhedral rotation mode (hereinafter referred to as a 'rotation mode') for rotating a polyhedron frame in up, down, left, and right directions to easily view a surface including a content menu to be selected; It may include a cursor movement mode (hereinafter, referred to as a 'move mode') for moving the cursor over a desired content menu. Here, the "cursor" refers to a pointing means for indicating which content menu is currently in the waiting for selection, and there is no limitation in the expression method as long as the user can distinguish the waiting for selection. For example, a specific color border is displayed on the content menu that is waiting to be selected (see the content menu 10 of FIG. 1 and FIG. 6), or the size of the content menu that is waiting to be selected is enlarged relative to other menus. The cursor may be expressed in a highlighting manner in which a content menu waiting to be selected is displayed in a three-dimensional manner or highlighted in other colors than surrounding menus.

When the user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention operates by being divided into, for example, a rotation mode and a movement mode, the operation mode should be determined first before full operation when the user interface is first driven. In general, the process of rotating the polyhedron for the selection of the content menu is preceded, so the default operation mode is preferably set to the rotation mode.

On the other hand, various input means may be used for the user's input operation for switching the operation mode, rotating the cube, moving the cursor, selecting the content menu, and the like. 3A to 3C illustrate types of input means for operating a user interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, a directional key can be considered as an example of the input means. As shown in FIG. 3A, the directional key includes a direction key for rotating a cube or moving a cursor, and a selection key for selecting a content menu at a point where the cursor is positioned, and although not shown in the drawing, a mode for switching an operation mode. It may further include a change key.

The direction key may be a structure consisting of a plurality of keys corresponding to each direction, or may be a structure for selecting a plurality of directions with one circular, elliptical or polygonal key. The selection key is preferably provided at the center of the direction key, but may be provided at a separate location of the user terminal regardless of the direction key. In particular, in order to implement a higher level of functionality in various ways, the input may be performed by moving the direction key unit itself simultaneously or continuously with the input through each direction key.

The mode change key may be provided separately from the direction key and the selection key, but is not limited thereto. That is, the selection key and the mode change key may be used as one key. As a specific example, when the corresponding key is shortly pressed for a predetermined time or less, the selection key may be operated. To this end, the user terminal should further include a predetermined counting means. The direction key and / or the selection key and / or the mode change key of the directional key may be implemented by a touch method.

An operation example of the user interface of the present invention using the directional key is as follows.

In the first screen, the hexahedron of the user interface is output to the screen with the predetermined face (s) at a predetermined three-dimensional angle. If the user terminal has a wide screen or has a high screen resolution, it is preferable to output three sides of the cube through a rotation operation in order to show the user as many content menus as possible on one screen. As an example, when nine content menus are arranged on one side of a cube as shown in FIG. 2, the user may check 27 content menus at once on one screen. This is possible, for example, by repeatedly performing an access or selection input operation for opening each corresponding folder in a conventional flat folder user interface.

In the first screen, the operation mode may be set to the rotation mode. In this case, each time the direction key is input, the cube rotates by a predetermined angle in the corresponding direction. If the input of the direction key continues, the cube continues to rotate until the corresponding input is released.

As a result of the rotation of the cube, the content menu to be selected is displayed on the front of the screen, and the rotation mode can be switched to the selection mode using the mode change key. In the selection mode, the cursor may be set to be positioned at a predetermined block of the hexahedron (eg, the block having the largest area among the blocks arranged in front of the screen). When the direction key is input in this state, the cube is fixed and the cursor moves in the direction of input of the direction key. If the cursor is located in the block corresponding to the edge of the integrated surface when all faces of the cube exposed on the screen are considered as one face, an exception is to move the cursor to the block of the face that is not visible on the screen with the direction keys. Therefore, the cube can be rotated so that the invisible surface of the cube is displayed on the front of the screen without switching the operation mode to the rotation mode. Such exceptional hexahedral rotation may be equally applicable to an example of operating a user interface by another type of input means described below.

On the other hand, by moving the cursor to the desired content menu using the arrow keys and entering the selection key, a six-dimensional cube consisting of the menus corresponding to the sub-category of the content menu is output, or the final content corresponding to the content menu. Is output.

In addition, as another example of the input means, a rotary key can be considered. As shown in FIG. 3B, the rotatable key includes a wheel key rotating at 360 ° and a selection key for selecting a content menu at the point where the cursor is positioned, and a mode change key for switching an operation mode although not shown in the drawing. It may further include.

When the wheel key rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, or a portion corresponding to each direction is input in the wheel key, the cube rotates according to the rotation direction or the input direction. The selection key may be provided at the center of the wheel key or at another position. When the selection key is input, the content menu at the point where the cursor is positioned is selected. The mode change key is preferably provided at a position separate from the wheel key and the selection key, but is not limited thereto. That is, the selection key and the mode change key may be used as one key, and a specific example thereof is the same as described with reference to FIG. 3A. The wheel key and / or selection key and / or mode change key of the rotatable key may also be implemented in a touch manner according to the implementation environment and selection of those skilled in the art.

An operation example of the user interface of the present invention using a rotary key is as follows.

The screen layout of the cube on the first screen is as described with reference to FIG. 3A, and the first operation mode may be set to the rotation mode. In the rotation mode, each time the wheel key is rotated, the cube rotates clockwise or counterclockwise by the time the wheel key is entered, and each time the direction portion of the wheel key is entered, the cube rotates in that direction by a predetermined angle. do.

When the content menu to be selected by the rotation of the cube is displayed on the front of the screen, the rotation mode can be switched to the selection mode by using the mode change key. In the selection mode, the cube is no longer rotated and is fixed. When a portion corresponding to each direction of the wheel key is input, the cursor moves in the corresponding input direction. Move the cursor to the desired content menu using the wheel key and input the selection key. The next level cube consisting of the menus corresponding to the sub-category of the content menu is output or the final content corresponding to the content menu is displayed. Is output.

As another example of the input means, a keyboard (or keypad) can be considered.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the numeric key parts of the keyboard are "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", and "9". It includes numeric keys of "and" Enter "key. "1", "2", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", and "9" on the keyboard are "SW", "S", "SE" and "W" respectively. , “E”, “NW”, “N”, and “NE” may serve as direction keys, and “5” or “Enter” may serve as selection keys for selecting a content menu. However, the keyboard is not limited to the numeric board portion, and four or six adjacent keys of the character key portion of the keyboard are combined to set direction keys, and other specific keys (such as the "Enter" key). You can also set as the select key. For example, the "I", "J", "M", and "K" keys may be matched to the "N", "W", "S", and "E" directions, respectively.

The keyboard may further be assigned a mode change key for switching the operation mode of the user interface. This is more useful when the cube rotation and cursor movement are operated by the keyboard only without the aid of a mouse. In addition, it is obvious that the user interface of the present invention may be operated by applying to a keypad of a 3 × 4 arrangement that is common to portable terminals.

An operation example of the user interface according to the present invention using a keyboard (or keypad) is as follows.

The screen layout of the cube on the first screen is as described with reference to FIG. 3A, and the initial operation mode may also be set to the rotation mode. In rotation mode, the cube is placed on each key whenever one of the "1", "2", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", or "9" keys on the keyboard is entered. Rotate a predetermined angle in a pre-matched direction.

When the content menu to be selected by the rotation of the cube is displayed on the front of the screen, the rotation mode can be switched to the selection mode by using the mode change key. In the selection mode, the cube is no longer rotated and fixed, and when a key corresponding to each direction of the keyboard is input, the cursor moves in the corresponding input direction.

Move the cursor onto the desired content menu by using the keyboard and then press the Select key. The next level cube consisting of the menus that correspond to the subcategory of the content menu will be displayed, or the final content corresponding to the content menu will be displayed. do.

As another example of the input means, a mouse can be considered. Although not shown in the drawing, a combination of a mouse click means and coordinate movement recognition means may rotate the cube or select a content menu. As is widely known, the mouse implements the coordinate movement recognition means by using a rotation of a ball or a change in irradiation surface of a light source.

In the operation example of the graphical user interface of the present invention using a mouse, it is not necessary to separately distinguish between the rotation mode and the selection mode. That is, when the mouse pointer is positioned on a part of the cube and the mouse is moved while the click means is input, the cube is rotated according to the moving direction of the mouse. Then, when the mouse pointer is placed on the specific content menu and the click means is input (one click or double click), the corresponding content menu is selected.

Meanwhile, the user interface may be operated by using a keyboard and a mouse together. As a specific example, the "1", "2", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", and "9" keys of the keyboard are used to rotate the cube, and the mouse is selected from the content menu. Can be used for selection. This operation example is useful in that the mode change key for changing the operation mode does not need to be separately assigned.

In the above, an example of operating the graphical user interface of the present invention using various input means has been described, but the form of the input means is not limited to the above-described methods. Any type of input means may be used as long as the operation method of the input means can be distinguished for menu movement on the same trajectory, movement between different trajectories, and selection of a content menu at the cursor point. For example, it will be easy for those skilled in the art to apply the screen touch method to the present invention. In addition, an input device (hereinafter referred to as OMOS interface) described in Patent Application No. 10-2007-0075344 filed by the inventor of the present application can also be used. The operation example through the OMOS interface may also be easily implemented by a person skilled in the art according to the key mapping set in advance as described above or by installing an additional key, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

4 illustrates another operation example of the graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment focuses on the fact that one parent polyhedron consists of a plurality of polyhedrons.

In the case of the hexahedron of FIG. 4, the above description of FIG. 2 is included, and since one side is divided into nine blocks, the parent cube has 24 children having the block as one side. It consists of a cube. Accordingly, the user selects at least one of the blocks of the parent cube that is exposed on the front of the screen according to the input operation by the above-described input methods, and makes the selected block one face. (S) can be separated from the parent cube. Here, it is obvious that the structure and shape of the polyhedron are not limited to hexahedrons. In this regard, an example in which a mouse is used as an input means for understanding the operation example of the user interface according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

If the mouse pointer is positioned at one point of the cube and the mouse is moved while the click means on the left side of the mouse is input, the cube is rotated in the direction of movement. When the user's desired face (s) is exposed in front of the screen, stop the rotation and place the mouse pointer over the content menu to select. Subsequently, a cubic hexahedron containing the content menu at the point where the mouse pointer is located is separated from the parent hexahedron. The following mouse manipulation methods can be used for the separation of the child cube.

For example, when the mouse pointer is positioned on a content menu to be selected, a predetermined menu list is output when a right-clicking means of the mouse is input, and a menu for instructing separation of a child cube from the output menu list (for example, " When the "Block Separation") is selected, the border of the child cube having the corresponding content menu on one side is displayed as a thick line, indicating that it is in a detachable state. Subsequently, when the mouse cursor is positioned at a point of the child cube shown by the thick line, and the mouse is moved while clicking the left mouse button, the child cube is separated and moved in the corresponding moving direction. .

As another example, when the mouse pointer is positioned on the content menu to be selected, if a right-click means of the mouse is input, a separate menu list is not output and the border of the child cube is displayed as a thick line and can be separated. Announce the status. Subsequently, when the mouse cursor is positioned at a point of the child cube shown by the thick line, and the mouse is moved while clicking the left mouse button, the child cube is separated and moved in the corresponding moving direction. .

Meanwhile, in the separated cubic hexahedron, a new content menu or a related content menu belonging to the same category may be disposed on a surface overlapping with the parent hexahedron before separation but exposed to the front of the screen after separation. In addition, in the parent cube, a new content menu or a related content menu belonging to the same category may be disposed on a surface overlapping with the child cube before separation but exposed to the front of the screen after separation. Therefore, according to the embodiment of FIG. 4, 27 content menus are exposed on one screen before the child cube is separated, but after the separation of one child cube, 30 (= 27 + 3) pieces are displayed. You can see that the content menu is exposed.

If the input means is one of a directional key, an MOS interface, a rotary key, and a keyboard other than a mouse, the child cube is separated from the parent cube in addition to the rotation mode and the selection mode. Separation mode, etc. may be further added. In addition, the second mode change key provided separately from the directional key, the OMOS interface, the rotary key, and the keyboard (keypad) may be used, or the existing mode change key may be used as it is to switch to the separate mode. For example, using the existing mode change key, each time the mode change key is pressed once, the operation modes are alternately switched (for example, selection mode-> rotation mode-> separation mode) or depending on the time pressed. You can think of a way to automatically display the mode switch sequentially so that you can select it. In addition, the above-mentioned operation can be performed by using a commercially available touch key or a screen touch input means. In the touch method, the touch area of a finger, a pressure difference, a multi-touch, a finger movement in a touch state, and the like can be performed. The function can be applied more conveniently. Detailed description thereof will be omitted since it is beyond the scope of the present invention.

5 illustrates another operation example of the graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment has been proposed in consideration of the fact that the content menu that the user can check is limited to those exposed on the front of the screen among the faces of the polyhedron. When the polyhedron is spread out in a two-dimensional plane, all faces of the polyhedron Note that you can see it on the screen.

In the case of the hexahedron of FIG. 5, since one content menu is disposed on one surface, even if the hexahedron is expressed in three dimensions, up to three content menus can be checked on one screen. Therefore, if the cube is unfolded in a plane by using a specific input means of the user terminal, all six content menus can be checked on one screen. An example of the operation of the graphical user interface according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

For the operation of the user interface of the present embodiment, the input means exemplified above should have a key input that is assigned or pre-set additional keys for instructing the cube to be flat. That is, in addition to the above-described rotation mode, selection mode, and the like, in the operation mode of the user terminal for the present embodiment, an unfolding mode for unfolding the cube in a plane may be further added. To this end, the above-described directional key, rotary key, keyboard, etc. can be switched to the unfolding mode by using a third mode change key provided separately or by using an existing mode change key as it is. As an example of using an existing mode change key, a method of alternately selecting mode-> rotation mode-> unfold mode can be considered each time the mode change key is pressed once.

As soon as the mode change key is switched to the unfold mode, the unfolded image of the cube is displayed on the screen and the operation mode can be automatically switched to the select mode. In this case, the cursor is located in the predetermined content menu, and the user can move the cursor to select a desired content menu. However, this is merely an example and may be set so that an expanded view is displayed on the screen only when any key is input once in the unfolding mode. In this case, it can also be set to alternately output the hexahedron shape <-> each time any key is input once in the unfolding mode. In addition, it is possible not only by the input operation of the spread mode set in advance, but also by the touch key or the screen touch method. For example, the auxiliary input display unit as shown in the lower part of the center of FIG. It can be implemented by a simple touch operation by the activation, the same also through the above-described input means, it is also possible to implement by adopting a new input means possible to those skilled in the art.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the content can be unfolded in a matrix form as individual content menus on the screen, as shown in FIG. 9. It is also possible to divide several cubes into categories by dividing them into individual cubes of content menus. A more detailed description thereof will be described later.

6 illustrates another operation example of the graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment considers that a large number of content menus are exposed on one screen, so that the desired content menu can only be checked in a small size, and the enlarged hexahedron is output so that the desired content menu can be confirmed in a larger size.

In the case of the hexahedron of FIG. 6, one side is divided into nine blocks, and three sides are exposed to the front of the screen. In the end, the user must check 27 content menus on one screen. However, since the size of the screen of the user terminal is limited, it may be difficult to check the 27 content menus at once. Therefore, if the hexahedron is enlarged and output on the screen using a predetermined input means of the user terminal, the desired specific content menu can be confirmed more clearly. In particular, if the content menu does not simply include the link information but the final content itself, the cube may be enlarged to check the final content in the block. The operation example of the graphical user interface according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6 as follows.

The input means exemplified above for the present embodiment should have an additional key or a preset key value for indicating the zoom (or zooming) of the cube. That is, a zoom mode for enlarging or reducing the hexahedron may be further added to the operation mode of the user terminal for the present embodiment. To this end, the above-mentioned directional key, OMOS interface, rotary key, keyboard, touch key, etc. can be switched to the zoom mode by using a mode change key provided separately or by using an existing mode change key. As an example of using an existing mode change key, a method of switching between selection mode-> rotation mode-> zoom mode can be considered each time the mode change key is pressed once.

When a predetermined key (for example, a selection key) is input after being switched to the zoom mode by a mode change key or a corresponding key input value, the hexahedron may be enlarged and output at a predetermined magnification. Alternatively, each time a predetermined key (for example, a selection key) is pressed in the zoom mode, the hexahedron may be gradually enlarged and output in a predetermined magnification unit. However, this is merely an example and may be set so that the cube is enlarged and output at a predetermined magnification even when the display is switched to the zoom mode and there is no separate key input.

On the other hand, when the desired content menu is not located at the center of the screen in the enlarged cube, the cube may be moved using another predetermined key (for example, a direction key). That is, by moving the cube on the screen, the desired content menu is adjusted to be sufficiently exposed on the screen.

In the above, an example of operating the user interface using various types of input means has been described, but the form of the input means for the operation is not limited to the above example. In other words, the method of operating the input means for rotating the cube, moving the cursor, switching the operation mode, separating the cube, generating the cube, combining the cubes, unfolding the cube, and expanding / reducing the cube. As long as it can be distinguished, any type of input means may be used.

7A and 7B illustrate another operation example of the graphical user interface according to the embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment is related to the case where the exposed surface of a polyhedron is limited to two or less per screen due to constraints of a user terminal specification, a user interface policy, or the like.

Referring to FIG. 7A, since nine content menus are disposed on one side of the cube, when viewing the cube in front, only nine content menus may be checked on one screen. However, if the cube is partially rotated to the left / right side, two surfaces are exposed on one screen, and thus 18 content menus can be checked.

Rotation of the cube is not necessarily limited to the left / right direction and may be rotated in the up / down direction as shown in FIG. 7B, and may be rotated in the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast although not shown in the drawing.

Changing the operation mode for the operation of the user interface of the present embodiment, the rotation mode, the movement of the cursor, the selection of the menu content and the output of the final content, the initial layout of the cube is set so that up to two faces are placed in front Except for the same as the case of limiting the rotation of the cube to the east (E) / west (W) in the user interface operation of FIGS. 3A to 3C, detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

On the other hand, the rotation of the cube according to the present embodiment may be an intermediate step so that two surfaces are exposed on one screen by rotating by a predetermined angle every time the direction key is pressed, the cube is rotated immediately in the corresponding direction when the direction key is pressed once You can also set the screen to display only the next screen. In addition, in the present example, an example in which the exposure surface is limited to two or less has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the rotation mode of the present example may also rotate twice or more times in up, down, left, and right directions.

Meanwhile, a user terminal implementing the graphic user interface of the present invention will be described in detail.

8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a user terminal implementing a graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit 110, an output unit 120, a communication interface 130, a storage unit 140, a controller 150, and a GUI operating unit 160. .

The input unit 110 receives from the user an instruction for moving the cursor between menus on the same trajectory or between the content menus on different trajectories, and an instruction for selecting the content menu at the point where the cursor is located. In addition, the input unit 110 may use various modes such as an instruction to rotate the content menus on the same track or to change the trajectory of the rotation target and an instruction to select a content menu located at a predetermined point in the graphic user interface of the present invention. Are executed from the user (including various modes described in more detail below). For reference, the input means mentioned in the foregoing description is the same concept as the input unit 110.

Directional keys, OMOS interfaces, rotary keys, touch keys, keyboards, touch screens, mice, keypads of mobile terminals, jog dials, etc. may be used as the input unit 110 for moving the cursor, rotating the content menu, and selecting a menu. have.

The output unit 120 outputs general information necessary for driving the user terminal 100 on the screen, and in particular, outputs the user interface selected by the GUI operating unit 150 and the content selected by the user on the screen. For output of the user interface and content, a CRT, LCD, LED, plasma type monitor, TV, liquid crystal display, etc. may be used as the output unit 120.

The communication interface 130 is a passage for downloading an operation application, a content menu, and final content of the user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention and downloading the final content to the storage 140 through the Internet or a mobile communication network under the control of the controller 150. Play a role.

Storage unit 140 is a place for storing the operating system and various applications required for driving the user terminal 100, in particular, the content menu and final content constituting the user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention menu DB 141, respectively And store in the content DB 142.

The controller 150 performs overall control for smoothly driving the user terminal 100, and in particular, controls the GUI operation unit 160 to smoothly provide a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The GUI operation unit 160 configures a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention under the control of the control unit 150, and operates various modes of the polyhedron (separation of the aforementioned polyhedron, expansion of the polyhedron, expansion of the polyhedron / And other modes described in more detail below), reconfiguring the user interface according to the movement of the cursor, outputting the final content according to the selection of the content menu, or providing a user interface of the next level or Output The GUI operator 160 may be implemented as an application application (eg, referred to as a 3D engine) that provides the functions described above.

As a user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a palmtop PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a personal multimedia player (PMP) are used. , Telematics Terminal, Car Navigation, Mobile Phone, Smart Phone like Blackberry, Game Terminal like X-Box, PlayStation, Nintendo DS, Various Mobile Communication Terminals , A portable terminal or the like can be used.

In addition, the input unit 110 of the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with respect to key input means or rotary wheel input means using the detection of the mechanical contact, but electronic input means using a tactile sensor or a touch sensor Again, the user interface according to the embodiment of the present invention can be operated in the same manner. In addition, when the input unit 110 of the user terminal is implemented as a touch screen, the user may intuitively select and input each content menu without installing a mode change key or implementing a cursor.

On the other hand, the user interface of the planar polyhedron has been described above, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and the configuration and operation of the interface is equally applied to the curved polyhedron.

FIG. 9 illustrates a case where a plurality of content menus selectable by a user are arranged at regular intervals on a screen of a mobile terminal or an information communication device, and the user selects one or more desired content menus by a touch method with a finger. An example of the combined mode of combining the content menus by the touch operation is shown. Here too, as in the above-described examples, the combined operation mode of the content menus is possible by a user operation by various input methods rather than a touch method.

FIG. 10 shows an example where the combined content menus are generated on one side of a polyhedron frame by generating one or more polyhedral frames (which will be described here with a cube as an example). The polyhedron frame is arranged on each side of the polyhedron frame by the number of content menus that the user selects and combines on the screen, or the polyhedron frame is operated according to the number of the content menus or by the user repeatedly combining other content menus, for example, by a certain type. It is also possible to generate a plurality of. In addition, a polyhedron frame as shown in FIG. 11 may be configured by combining the polyhedron frames composed of various content menus by forming a plurality of polyhedron frames. For example, a cube-like polyhedron frame having a 3 × 3 block array structure may be formed on each side of the polyhedron frame. Its size is determined by the number or properties of the content menus to be selected and combined. Thus, a polyhedral frame having a block array structure of 2X2, 4X4, 5X5, 6X6, ..., nXn as well as 3X3 can be formed.

11 shows an example of a polyhedron frame having nine content menus on one side. That is, in the polyhedron frame in which 27 content menus are combined on three surfaces as shown in FIG. 11, the user can select or execute the content menu through various input means described above such as a touch method or an input key. In addition, if the invisible surface of the cube-type polyhedron frame shown in FIG. 11 is included, in the present example, 54 content menus may be combined and arranged in one cube-type polyhedron frame, and according to the user's manipulation, By executing the rotation mode in the up, down, left, and right directions, the content menu can be selected or searched on each side.

That is, for example, the concept of a menu folder method which is flatly configured in a conventional general web browser is further developed into a 3D menu folder tree structure. An extended graphical user interface. In addition, it may have various meanings according to the attributes of the content menu as described above. For example, when showing a website, it can be a web browser, and when it shows a video, it can be a video player (or even a multi-vision player).

12A and 12B illustrate a reconstruction mode that can be rearranged or reconstructed according to a user's intention by partially reassembling a row and a column of content menus arranged on each block surface of a polyhedron frame in a user interface using a polyhedron frame. It is shown. For example, as shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, a parent polyhedron frame formed by combining a plurality of polyhedron frames (cuboid frames as shown) with one content menu on each side may be included in each parent polyhedron frame. A cube-shaped polyhedron frame is shown, in which a polyhedron frame having a 3 × 3 array structure per surface is combined. As described above, the cube-shaped polyhedron frame may have 4 X 4, 5 X 5, ... n X n arrays, depending on the user's choice, in addition to the 3X3 array.

Here, an example in which each row and column can be independently rotated in the up, down, left, and right directions by a user's manipulation, for example, a directional touch on the screen, in a cube-shaped tetrahedral frame having a 3 X 3 array is shown. It is shown. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the directional touch manipulation of the user may be rotated more than one rotation in the case of multistage.

In this way, by rotating each row and column in the up, down, left, and right directions, the content menu can be reconfigured by reassembling into a set of desired content menus such as news articles, product advertisements, shopping information, music, and videos. It can be configured according to the frequency of use for a desired topic or search word, or a specific frame can be customized to change the frame on the screen, and the system itself can be reconfigured by free reassembly with a user interface that can rearrange and reconfigure related contents. .

In addition, this reconstruction mode can independently reassemble or rotate the rows and columns of each block forming the polyhedron, thereby realizing a commercial game cube on the screen. In other words, if the game mode is added separately to switch from the reconfiguration mode or the other operation mode to the game mode (assuming the implementation in the same manner as in the above examples with regard to mode switching), the content menus are arranged on each side of the polyhedron. Rather than being a cube game device, each surface is displayed in a specific color or distinguished by a specific pattern, and according to a user's input operation using various input methods including a touch method, the user interface of the present invention can be utilized as a cube game. There is also an advantage. In this case, the game DB unit for storing the user's game history or game method in the user terminal may be additionally provided in the storage unit 140, and may be controlled through the controller 150.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 13A to 13F, when one of the content menus of one side of the hexahedron is selected, a selection mode in which a corresponding lower content menu is accessible as shown in FIG. 13B is illustrated. For example, if the sneaker menu is arranged on one of the blocks of one side of the polyhedron on which the shopping mall content menus are arranged as shown in FIG. 13A, product detail information on the product corresponding to the sneaker menu as shown in FIG. 13B. Can be inquired and confirmed as a submenu, and after confirming again as shown in FIG. 13C, when the product-selected content menu is touched, the detailed information is returned to its original position, and the search and inquiry to another content menu or its submenu are made possible. . In this example, the content menu is selected and the submenu is queried. However, as described above, when the selected content menu is a TV video or various videos, the video or a video below it is played when the selection mode is executed. No wonder you can be a player.

In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 13D, when selecting one of the content menus on one side of the cube, a search for contents corresponding to the submenus in the menu or a text input by the user is desired before moving to the submenu. An example is shown in which an input window having a function of immediately checking a desired content menu is activated. In the input method using a mouse, for example, the input window can be activated by clicking the input window activation menu by pressing the right mouse button when the mouse cursor is placed on the block surface. In addition, any input means can be modified or improved as necessary by those skilled in the art as long as the input means has a function of distinguishing and selecting an input window activation menu. In addition, although FIG. 13D shows an example in which a search box or an input window that enables simple character input is activated, an input window having an input function capable of simply memorizing desired information while searching or inquiring a content menu is further expanded. It is also possible to implement.

13E and 13F are more convenient for various content menus by moving the frame itself of the polyhedron in the up, down, left, and right directions by touching a corner of the cube-shaped polyhedron frame with a finger on the screen. An example of the viewing angle adjustment mode where a search is possible within a small screen is shown. For example, as shown in FIG. 13F, when the screen touch method is taken as an example, when the polyhedral frame is touched on the screen to the left, two faces are exposed as shown in FIG. 13F, and when the touch is downward in this state, three faces are exposed. In the case of the hexahedron, it is an example that up to 27 contents menus can be searched. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that any input method other than the examples by the above-described input means can be employed as long as the viewing angle adjustment can be distinguished in addition to the screen touch method of the present example.

This embodiment focuses on the fact that one parent polyhedron is composed of a plurality of polyhedrons as shown in FIG. 14, so that the user can select at least one of the parent cubes exposed on the front of the screen. Select one, and separate the child cube (s) from the parent cube and separate the child cube from the parent cube. A new content menu or a related content menu may also be arranged on a surface previously overlapped with a parent cube but exposed on the front of the screen after separation. In addition, in the parent cube, a new content menu or a related content menu is disposed on the surface that overlaps the child cube before separation but is exposed to the front of the screen after separation, thereby increasing space utilization. In addition, the rotation, selection, enlargement, and detailed search modes of the newly exposed block surface may be performed as described above. Here, when the exposed surface of the separated polyhedron is illustrated as an example of FIG. 15B, a total of five surfaces are exposed, and the front center surface may be a player that plays an image related to the menu or an advertisement or a related video.

For example, if one side of a polyhedron frame composed of movie-related menus is separated from a single polyhedron frame showing a particular famous theater, each side of the inner surface that is exposed after separation is displayed with the movies being shown in that theater. Therefore, more detailed search and inquiry are possible according to the user's input operation. In other words, by touching the surface showing the content of interest on the screen, the user moves to the more detailed content or the lower content menu, and for example, the directional touch rotates the top, bottom or left and right content, and displays it on the front of the screen. It can be done. On a specific surface, such as a central surface, a menu of additional content such as an advertisement may be displayed or a video may be played when the video is a video.

In addition, when the inquiry and search is completed, it is natural that the separated polyhedron frame can be returned to the original position of the polyhedron frame by the user's intended input operation.

In addition, an example in which a polyhedron frame of one of the polyhedron frames separated as shown in FIG. 15C is activated to generate an icosahedron calculated by its own object content calculation as a new polyhedron frame is illustrated in FIG. 16A. The object content calculation may be performed by installing a separate input key or executing a predetermined function key operation method, a preset automatic calculation method, or a method of providing a separate auxiliary input display unit on a part of the screen as illustrated in FIG. 17. Can be run. For example, in the case of FIG. 16A, a single icosahedron is a three-dimensional folder having one block face on each face, and each block face is a parent folder when there are content menus belonging to a plurality of submenus therein. The amount or number of content menus may be calculated by a preset calculation method or calculated according to an input operation through a separate input key, thereby generating n X n cubes according to the number or amount of the corresponding content menu. That is, an example of a graphical user interface having a new cube frame consisting of 3 × 3 matrices in a cube, and a new cube frame consisting of 4 × 4 matrices in FIG. 16B according to the number or attributes of content menus. Is showing them.

In FIG. 16C and FIG. 16D, another child cube is separated from the newly generated 4 × 4 cuboid frame, and a predetermined object content calculation process is set according to a predetermined number or amount of lower content menus therein. An example of generating another 4 × 4 cube and 3 × 3 cube is shown. And, as shown in FIG. 17, the object content calculation is performed by a separate auxiliary input display unit on the screen, and through the manipulation thereof, the separated cuboid or the newly generated cuboid into the cuboid. Input operations such as return can be performed. Figure 17 illustrates this conversion process in an easy-to-understand manner.

Repeating the operation according to the user's intention, as shown in Fig. 16E, several new polyhedron frames are created from one polyhedron, and these multiple polyhedral frames may be arranged on the screen regularly or irregularly. In this figure, a case in which the arrangement is made for each category is shown. It is natural that sorting can be arranged in various ways such as search order and preference order according to user's dictionary option setting or predetermined output method. At this time, each of the polyhedrons arranged by category can arrange sub-content menus belonging to a specific category in each block, so that the content menu in the folder is displayed on the screen without opening a favorite folder. Sub menus can be identified or searched at once.

Also, as shown in Figs. 16F and 16G, the polyhedral frames arranged on the screen for each category are combined by using an appropriate input means such as a user's hand touching on the screen, thereby selecting content menus of a desired category. When combined, the content menus of the selected polyhedrons are gathered and recreated into another polyhedron frame, which enables searching, collection or storage according to the user's intention. That is, in the conventional planar user interface method, it is possible to move to the upper or lower folder by mouse click to graphic the same as in the present embodiment, thereby moving to a menu of a higher folder or a lower folder even in a limited screen. An example of a graphical user interface is shown, such as a 3D stereoscopic folder, that allows you to view and view as many content menus or folders as possible without input manipulation.

In addition, in the above-described example, an example of operating the present invention using an example of an input means such as a screen touch type has been described, but the form of the input means for the operation is not limited to the above example. That is, as long as the operation method of the input means can be distinguished for the above-described operating modes of the polyhedron, any type of input means may be used, and to change the operation mode, it is not limited to the above examples, As it can be utilized, those skilled in the art will be able to easily select arbitrarily as needed.

The embodiment of the present invention described above is not implemented only through the device and the user interface, but may be implemented through a program or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, which realizes a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. Implementations can be readily implemented from the description of the above-described embodiments.

In addition, although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements made by those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are provided. Forms also belong to the scope of the present invention.

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A plurality of content menus for executing designated content;
And a polyhedron frame composed of a plurality of polyhedron frames each having the content menu disposed in a partitioned block on each side. The method of claim 1,
And wherein the polyhedron frame includes at least two or more of viewing angle adjustment, rotation, cursor movement, separation, combining, reconstruction, game, or unfolding modes according to manipulation of input means by a user. The method of claim 1,
And when one of the content menus is selected, a folder user interface of a next step including lower content menus is displayed, or a content corresponding to the selected menu is executed. The method of claim 1
The polyhedron frame is generated by an input operation in which a user selects and combines content menus desired by a user among the plurality of content menus, and the selected menus are disposed on each side of the polyhedron frame. . The method of claim 1,
Wherein the polyhedron frame has a hexahedron shape in which blocks of the polyhedron on each side are arranged in an n × n (n is a natural number) matrix structure. The method of claim 1,
The polyhedron frame may be formed in a geometrically possible structure and shape, or the structure and shape may be determined according to the geometric shape of the polyhedron blocks. The method of claim 2,
And the viewing angle adjustment mode adjusts the viewing angle of the content menus disposed on each side of the polyhedron frame by adjusting the viewing angle in the up, down, left, and right directions by a user's input operation. The method of claim 2,
The rotation mode is a graphical user characterized in that the desired content menus can be inquired by rotating the polyhedron frame itself or a predetermined block surface in the polyhedron frame once or plural times in the up, down, left, and right directions by a user's input operation. interface. The method of claim 2,
The separation mode is a graphical user interface, characterized in that to separate from the polyhedron frame having a desired content menu by a user input operation. The method of claim 2,
The unfolding mode is a graphic user interface, characterized in that the surface of the polyhedron frame is spread out flat or divided into a plurality of the polyhedron frames constituting the polyhedron to be scattered on the screen. The method of claim 2,
And a zoom mode for enlarging or reducing the polyhedron frame itself, or for enlarging or reducing a desired block surface of blocks forming the polyhedron frame. The method of claim 2,
The combining mode combines desired content menus among the plurality of content menus into one polyhedron frame according to a user's selection input operation, or combines the plurality of content menus or the plurality of polyhedral frames by a user input operation. Graphical user interface, characterized in that to combine to form a polyhedron frame. The method of claim 2,
The reconstruction mode is a graphic user capable of reconfiguring the content menus as desired by the user by rotating a predetermined row or column of the polyhedron frames constituting the polyhedron frame in a vertical direction in a vertical direction or a diagonal direction according to a user's input operation. interface. The method of claim 2,
And the reconfiguration mode reconfigures content menus associated with each other according to a predetermined rule. The method of claim 1,
The polyhedron frame is a graphical user interface, characterized in that the upper, lower, left, right to move or rotate the polyhedral frame itself or its exposed surface when operating the corner portion in the direction intended by the user. The method of claim 9,
The surface of the frame exposed to the separated space in the polyhedron frame in which the polyhedron frame is separated is composed of a lower content menu or a related menu of the separated polyhedron frame, According to the graphical user interface, characterized in that the detailed search or the execution of the lower content menu or related menu. The method according to any one of claims 9, 12 or 13,
The polyhedron frame is separated and activated as an independent second polyhedron frame according to a user's input operation, or a second polyhedron frame is separated from the second polyhedron frame by a user's input operation, or the second mother polyhedron frame is separated from the second polyhedron frame. The polyhedron frame may be activated in a plurality of numbers and arranged regularly or irregularly according to a user's input operation. The method of claim 17,
Wherein said activation is calculated according to the number or amount of content menus stored in said separate polyhedron frame to produce another polyhedron frame. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16,
And the user input operation is performed by at least one of a directional key, an MOS interface, a rotary key, a keyboard, a touch key, a screen touch method, and a mouse. The method of claim 1,
And when one of the content menus is selected, a text input window is activated at a predetermined position around a block in which the selected content menu is arranged. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 or 20,
And wherein the polyhedron frame functions as a web browser, a folder, a toolbar, a user interface, or a video player, depending on the attributes of the content menu. A plurality of content menus for executing designated content; An output unit for displaying a graphical user interface including a polyhedron frame composed of a plurality of polyhedron frames each having the content menu disposed in a partitioned block of each side;
An input unit configured to perform a user's input command; And
And a GUI operating unit configured to configure the graphic user interface and output a desired content menu through the polyhedron frame according to an operation of the input unit. The method of claim 22,
Access the content menu or download the content menu via an electrical and electronic communication network A user terminal further comprising a communication interface for receiving. 21. A computer readable recording medium having stored therein the graphical user interface for causing the graphical user interface of any one of claims 1 to 16 or 20 to function in a given user terminal.

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