Graphical user interface for finding and depicting individuals
First Claim
1. A method for presenting locations of individuals in an interface comprising:
- monitoring a location and an orientation of a portable device with respect to an environment;
determining boundaries of a region of interest within the environment;
determining a set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to the determined boundaries of the region of interest in the environment; and
presenting an orienting background and a set of representations of respective individuals against the orienting background in an interface on the display, the interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display, wherein the orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment toward which the portable device is oriented, wherein the representation of the respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest in or within a predetermined distance of the region of interest;
wherein the orienting background and the set of representations are discrete interface elements.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program for presenting locations of individuals in an interface are described. A location and an orientation of a portable device with respect to an environment are monitored. A set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to a region of interest in the environment is determined. An orienting background and a set of representations against the orienting background are presented in an interface on the display. Each representation is of a respective individual of interest in the region of interest. The interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display. The orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment which the portable device is oriented toward. A representation of a respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting locations of individuals in an interface comprising:
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monitoring a location and an orientation of a portable device with respect to an environment; determining boundaries of a region of interest within the environment; determining a set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to the determined boundaries of the region of interest in the environment; and presenting an orienting background and a set of representations of respective individuals against the orienting background in an interface on the display, the interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display, wherein the orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment toward which the portable device is oriented, wherein the representation of the respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest in or within a predetermined distance of the region of interest; wherein the orienting background and the set of representations are discrete interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the processor for presenting locations of individuals in an interface, the computer program instructions comprising; program code, operative to monitor a location and an orientation of a display of a portable device with respect to an environment; program code, operative to determine boundaries of a region of interest within in the environment; program code, operative to determine a set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to the determined boundaries of the region of interest in the environment; and program code, operative to present an orienting background and a set of representations of respective individuals against the orienting background in an interface on the display, the interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display, wherein the orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment toward which the portable device is oriented, wherein the representation of the respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest in or within a predetermined distance of the region of interest; wherein the orienting background and the set of representations are discrete interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a data processing system, the computer program product holding computer program instructions executed by the data processing system for presenting locations of individuals in an interface, the computer program instructions comprising:
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program code, operative to monitor a location and an orientation of a display of a portable device with respect to an environment; program code, operative to determine boundaries of a region of interest within in the environment; program code, operative to determine a set of locations of one or more individuals of interest with respect to the determined boundaries of the region of interest in the environment; and program code, operative to present an orienting background and a set of representations of respective individuals against the orienting background in an interface on the display, the interface presented according to the location and orientation of the display, wherein the orienting background contains a positional cue of a landmark of the environment toward which the portable device is oriented, wherein the representation of the respective individual of interest is displayed only if the portable device is oriented toward the respective individual of interest in or within a predetermined distance of the region of interest; wherein the orienting background and the set of representations are discrete interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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