Method for forming an information element, and an electronic device

• US 20020060698A1
• Filed: 09/18/2001
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Pirkola, Jani, Pirskanen, Hannu, Ruutikainen, Petri, Laurikka, Salla
• Application Number:
  US09/956,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20020060698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for forming at least one information element on the display device of an electronic device. A presentation format specified for the information element is used in the formation of the information element. Furthermore, at least one change condition is determined for at least one information element, wherein when said change condition is fulfilled, at least one visual property of the information element is changed.

Claims

1. A method for forming at least one information element on a display device of an electronic device on the basis of presentation information specified for the information element, characterized in that at least one change condition is determined for at least one information element, and that when said change condition is fulfilled, at least one visual property of the information element is changed.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information element is formed at least partly transparent, wherein when the information element is output on the display device, the visual information at the output point remains at least partly visible.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the size of the information element is changed.

4. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that at least one colour of the information element is changed.

5. The method according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that the location of the information element on the display device is changed.

6. The method according to any of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the information element is supplemented with at least one plug-in function (12) which is activated in connection with a change in the visual property of the information element.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises an image, wherein said image is presented on the display device in connection with a change in the information element.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises text, wherein said text is presented on the display device in connection with a change in the information element.

9. The method according to claim 6, 7 or 8, in which the electronic device comprises means for executing application programs, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises at least one application program, wherein said application program is activated in connection with a change in the information element.

10. The method according to any of the claims 1 to 9, in which means for detecting a touch are used in connection with the display device, characterized in that in the method a touch is detected, the location of the touch point on the display device is determined, and it is examined whether there is an information element at the touch point on the display device, wherein if there is an information element at the touch point, at least one visual property of this information element is changed.

11. The method according to any of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that in the method at least two visual presentation formats are specified for the information element, wherein the visual properties of the information element are changed at intervals between said at least two presentation formats.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, characterized in that the information element is arranged to be formed at least partly transparent, wherein the electronic device comprises means (2, 3) for at least partly combining the presentation information of the information element and the visual information at the output point on the display device (4).

14. The electronic device according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that it comprises means (2) for changing the size of the information element.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12, 13 or 14, characterized in that it comprises means (2) for changing at least one colour of the information element.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises an image, wherein said image is arranged to be presented on the display device in connection with a change in the information element.

19. The electronic device according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises text, wherein said text is presented on the display device in connection with a change in the information element.

20. The electronic device according to claim 17, 18 or 19, which electronic device comprises means for executing application programs, characterized in that said plug-in function (12) comprises at least one application program, wherein the electronic device comprises means (2, 3) for activating said application program in connection with a change in the information element.

12. An electronic device comprising a display device (4) and means (2) for forming at least one information element on the display device (4) on the basis of presentation information determined for the information element, characterized in that at least one change condition is determined for at least one information element, and that the electronic device also comprises means (2) for changing at least one visual property of the information element when said change condition is fulfilled.

16. The electronic device according to any of the claims 12 to 15, characterized in that it comprises means (2) for changing the location of the information element on the display device (4).

17. The electronic device according to any of the claims 12 to 16, characterized in that it comprises means (2, 3) for supplementing the information element with at least one plug-in function (12), and means (2, 6) for activating said plug-in function in connection with a change in a visual property of the information element.

21. The electronic device according to any of the claims 12 to 20, which comprises means (6) arranged in connection with the display device (4) for detecting a touch, characterized in that in the electronic device also comprises means (6) for determining the location of the touch point on the display device, means (2, 3) for determining whether there is an information element at the touch point on the display device (4), wherein if there is an information element at the touch point on the display device, at least one visual property of this information element is arranged to be changed.

22. The electronic device according to any of the claims 12 to 21, characterized in that at least two visual presentation formats are specified for the information element, wherein the electronic device comprises means (2, 3, 4) for changing the visual properties of the information element at intervals between said at least two presentation formats.

23. The electronic device according to any of the claims 12 to 22, characterized in that it comprises means (7) for performing the functions of a mobile station.