Grouping of cards by time periods and content types

• US 10,254,923 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: McKenzie, Chris, Costa, Antonio Bernardo Monteiro, The, Richard Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Ruay
• Application Number:
  US14/975,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20160188536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 715772, 345 8, 705319
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described herein related to a user interface (UI) for a computing device, such as head-mountable device (HMD). The UI allows a user of the HMD to navigate through a timeline of ordered screens or cards shown on the graphic display of the HMD. The cards on the timeline may be chronologically ordered based on times associated with each card. Numerous cards may be added to the timeline such that a user may scroll through the timeline to search for a specific card. The HMD may be configured to group cards on the timeline. The cards may be grouped by multiple time periods and by various content types within each respective time period. The cards may also be grouped based on durations between the present/on-going time period and each respective time period.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device comprising a processor, one or more time-stamped bundle cards that correspond to a group of cards from a plurality of time-stamped cards; and

displaying, by the computing device, a user interface for navigation of a timeline of cards sorted based on time and content type, wherein the timeline spans at least a current time period and a first time period, wherein the timeline comprises the one or more time-stamped bundle cards and one or more non-bundle cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards, and wherein generating the one or more time-stamped bundle cards comprises;

determining whether a number of cards of a first content type in the first time period is greater than a first threshold number;

when the number of cards of the first content type in the first time period is greater than the first threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the first time period;

determining whether a number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than a second threshold number, wherein the second threshold number is different than the first threshold number; and

when the number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than the second threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the current time period.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a head-mountable device (HMD).

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first time period is one of a plurality of time periods, and wherein the plurality of time periods includes a future time period and a past time period.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first time period is of a greater duration than the current time period.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first time period includes at least one of the following:

a) a time period at least one year prior to the current time period, b) a time period at least one month prior to the current time period, c) a time period at least one week prior to the current time period, d) a time period at least one day prior to the current time period, e) a time period at least one hour after the current time period, f) a time period at least two hours after the current time period, g) a time period at least one day after the current time period, and h) a time period at least two days after the current time period.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the timeline of cards spans three or more time periods, including the current time period and the first time period.

7. A computing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to carry out functions comprising;

generating one or more time-stamped bundle cards that correspond to a group of cards from a plurality of time-stamped cards; and

displaying a user interface for navigation of a timeline of cards sorted based on time and content type, wherein the timeline spans at least a current time period and a first time period, wherein the timeline comprises the one or more time-stamped bundle cards and one or more non-bundle cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards, and wherein generating the one or more time-stamped bundle cards comprises;

determining whether a number of cards of a first content type in the first time period is greater than a first threshold number;

when the number of cards of the first content type in the first time period is greater than the first threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the first time period;

determining whether a number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than a second threshold number, wherein the second threshold number is different than the first threshold number; and

when the number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than the second threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the current time period.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the computing device is a head-mountable device (HMD).

9. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the first time period is of a greater duration than the current time period.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out functions comprising:

generating, by the computing device, one or more time-stamped bundle cards that correspond to a group of cards from a plurality of time-stamped cards; and

displaying a user interface for navigation of a timeline of cards sorted based on time and content type, wherein the timeline spans at least a current time period and a first time period, wherein the timeline comprises the one or more time-stamped bundle cards and one or more non-bundle cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards, and wherein generating the one or more time-stamped bundle cards comprises;

determining whether a number of cards of a first content type in the first time period is greater than a first threshold number;

when the number of cards of the first content type in the first time period is greater than the first threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the first time period;

determining whether a number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than a second threshold number, wherein the second threshold number is different than the first threshold number; and

when the number of cards of the first content type in the current time period is greater than the second threshold number, generating a single bundle card for all cards of the first content type in the current time period.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first time period is one of a plurality of time periods, and wherein the plurality of time periods includes a future time period and a past time period.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first time period is of a greater duration than the current time period.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, by a computing device comprising a processor, a plurality of time-stamped cards comprising one or more cards in a current time period and one or more cards in a first time period;

bundling, by the computing device, cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards into at least one time-stamped bundle card, wherein bundling cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards into at least one time-stamped bundle card comprises;

determining a number of time-stamped cards of a first type in the first time period;

determining whether the number of cards of the first type in the first time period is greater than a first threshold number;

when the number of cards of the first type in the first time period is greater than the first threshold number, bundling all cards of the first type in the first time period into a bundle card in the first time period;

determining a number of time-stamped cards of the first type in the current time period;

determining whether the number of cards of the first type in the current time period is greater than a second threshold number, wherein the second threshold is different than the first threshold number; and

when the number of cards of the first type in the current time period is greater than the second threshold number, bundling all cards of the first type in the current time period into a bundle card in the current time period; and

displaying, by the computing device, a timeline of cards that spans at least the current time period and the first time period, wherein the timeline comprises the at least one time-stamped bundle card and at least one time-stamped non-bundle card from the plurality of time-stamped cards.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the computing device is a head-mountable device (HMD).

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first time period is one of a plurality of time periods, and wherein the plurality of time periods includes a future time period and a past time period.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first time period is of a greater duration than the current time period.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first time period includes at least one of the following:

a) a time period at least one year prior to the current time period, b) a time period at least one month prior to the current time period, c) a time period at least one week prior to the current time period, d) a time period at least one day prior to the current time period, e) a time period at least one hour after the current time period, f) a time period at least two hours after the current time period, g) a time period at least one day after the current time period, and h) a time period at least two days after the current time period.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the timeline of cards spans three or more time periods, including the current time period and the first time period.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out functions comprising:

determining a plurality of time-stamped cards comprising one or more cards in a current time period and one or more cards in a first time period;

bundling cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards into at least one time-stamped bundle card, wherein bundling cards from the plurality of time-stamped cards into at least one time-stamped bundle card comprises;

determining a number of time-stamped cards of a first type in the first time period;

determining whether the number of cards of the first type in the first time period is greater than a first threshold number;

when the number of cards of the first type in the first time period is greater than the first threshold number, bundling all cards of the first type in the first time period into a bundle card in the first time period;

determining a number of time-stamped cards of the first type in the current time period;

determining whether the number of cards of the first type in the current time period is greater than a second threshold number, wherein the second threshold is different than the first threshold number; and

when the number of cards of the first type in the current time period is greater than the second threshold number, bundling all cards of the first type in the current time period into a bundle card in the current time period; and

displaying a timeline of cards that spans at least the current time period and the first time period, wherein the timeline comprises the at least one time-stamped bundle card and at least one time-stamped non-bundle card from the plurality of time-stamped cards.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first time period is one of a plurality of time periods, and wherein the plurality of time periods includes a future time period and a past time period.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first time period is of a greater duration than the current time period.