Selecting a menu option from a multiplicity of menu options which are automatically sequenced

A method for user selection of a menu option, said method comprising the steps of:

• automatically and sequentially displaying a multiplicity of menu options, one at a time, in a display window of a computing device;
• receiving a user selection of a user at a time during the automatic and sequential display of said menu options;
• and
• preliminarily determining automatically which of said menu options corresponds to said user selection based on the time that said user selection was received in relation to time periods during which said menu options were displayed;
• and
• wherein, in response to said preliminarily determining step, further comprising the steps of:
• temporarily freezing display of the corresponding menu option in said window and waiting up to a predetermined time period for receipt of confirmation from the user that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option which is frozen in said window, and
• if, within said predetermined time period, said user confirms that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option, automatically determining that said user has selected said corresponding menu option and performing an action indicated by said corresponding menu option, and
• if, within said predetermined time period, said user does not confirm that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option, automatically determining that said user has not selected said corresponding menu option, and automatically resuming sequential display of said multiplicity of menu options without performing said action indicated by said corresponding menu option.

A computer program product for user selection of a menu option, said computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable media;
• first program instructions to automatically and sequentially display a multiplicity of menu options, in a sequence, one at a time, in a display window of a computing device;
• second program instructions to receive a user selection at a time during the automatic and sequential display of said menu options;
• third program instructions to automatically determine that said user selection was received within a predetermined period after one of said menu options in said sequence ceased to be displayed in said display window, and in response, automatically determining that said user selection corresponds to said one menu option and performing an action indicated by said one menu option;
• and wherein said first, second and third program instructions are stored on said computer readable media in functional form.

A computer system for user selection of a menu option, the computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method, said method comprising:
• automatically and sequentially displaying a multiplicity of menu options, one at a time, in a display window of a computing device;
• receiving a user selection of a user at a time during the automatic and sequential display of said menu options;
• and
• preliminarily determining automatically which of said menu options corresponds to said user selection based on the time that said user selection was received in relation to time periods during which said menu options were displayed;
• and
• wherein, in response to said preliminarily determining step, further comprising the steps of:
• temporarily freezing display of the corresponding menu option in said window and waiting up to a predetermined time period for receipt of confirmation from the user that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option which is frozen in said window, and
• if, within said predetermined time period, said user confirms that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option, automatically determining that said user has selected said corresponding menu option and performing an action indicated by said corresponding menu option, and
• if, within said predetermined time period, said user does not confirm that said user wants to select said corresponding menu option, automatically determining that said user has not selected said corresponding menu option, and automatically resuming sequential display of said multiplicity of menu options without performing said action indicated by said corresponding menu option.