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Adaptive user interface pane objects

  • US 10,209,849 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2015
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing a pane configuration in a user interface of an application displayed on a small form factor computing device, the method comprising:

  • displaying an application user interface that includes one or more options to interact with a document, wherein the user interface is displayed on a display of the small form factor computing device, wherein, when the user interface is displayed, the user interface is defined by a top edge and an opposing bottom edge, and by a left edge and an opposing right edge, and wherein at least a portion of the document is displayed in the user interface;

    receiving a selection of one option; and

    in response to the selection of the one option, generating only one pane for display including one or more functionalities associated with the selected one option, wherein the only one pane is displayable only as a full pane that covers the document or as a partial pane that leaves a portion of the document exposed, the full or partial pane being anchored to one edge and having a width extending between the top and bottom edge or between the left and right edge,wherein, when the selected one option does not include a possibility for text entry, the only one pane is displayed as the partial pane, andwherein, when the selected one option does include the possibility for text entry, the only one pane is displayed as the full pane with a keyboard overlay; and

    displaying within the application user interface the only one pane, wherein the application user interface only ever displays one pane at a time.

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