Reconfigurable user interface

• US 20040008229A1
• Filed: 07/01/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Hultcrantz, Johanna Hilma Maria
• Application Number:
  US10/186,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20040008229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

Devices and methods are disclosed for providing a reconfigurable user interface. The user interface includes a row of folders and a column of bookmarks. The number and sizes of the folders and bookmarks may be selected by the user or chosen to match a particular display device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for generating a user interface for display on a display device, the apparatus comprising a processor programmed to generate a user interface comprising the following elements:

a folder row containing folders;

a bookmark column intersecting the folder row and containing bookmarks;

wherein at least one of the number of folders displayed and the number of bookmarks displayed is determined by a user of the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the other one of the number of folders displayed and the number of bookmarks displayed is determined by the user of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user interface further includes icons representing the folders and the bookmarks.

4. An apparatus for generating a user interface for display on a display device having a horizontal width and a vertical length, the apparatus comprising a processor programmed to generate a user interface comprising the following elements:

a folder row containing folders;

a bookmark column intersecting the folder row and containing bookmarks;

wherein the number of folders displayed is a function of the horizontal width of the display screen and the number of bookmarks displayed is a function of the vertical length of the display screen.

5. A method of generating a user interface for displaying folders and bookmarks on a display screen, the method comprising:

(a) receiving scale information;

(b) generating a row of folders having a number of folders determined by the scale information; and

(c) generating a column of bookmarks intersecting the row of folders and having a number of bookmarks determined by the scale information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the scale information is received from a display device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the scale information is received from a user.

8. The method of claim 5, further including:

(d) receiving an icon display command from a user; and

(e) generating icons representing the folders and bookmarks when the user chooses to display icons.

9. A set-top box that generates a user interface for display on a display device;

the set-top box comprising;

a content database that contains user interface content;

a graphical objects database that contains user interface graphical objects;

an interface generator that receives scale information and generates the user interface by arranging the content and graphical objects into a row of folders and a column of bookmarks such that the number of folders and number of rows correspond to the scale information.

10. The set-top box of claim 9 further including a remote control interface that receives the scale information from a user.

11. The set-top box of claim 9, wherein the scale information is received from the display device.

12. The set-top box of claim 11, wherein the scale information comprises a model number of the display device.

13. A display device that generates a user interface in response to receiving an input signal, the user interface comprising the following elements:

a folder row containing folders;

a bookmark column intersecting the folder row and containing bookmarks;

wherein at least one of the number of folders displayed and the number of bookmarks displayed is determined by a user.

14. The display device of claim 13, wherein the other one of the number of folders displayed and the number of bookmarks displayed is determined by the user.

15. The display device of claim 13, wherein the user interface further includes icons representing the folders and the bookmarks.