Cute user interface
First Claim
1. A method for navigating information in a mobile terminal, comprising:
- displaying, on a graphical user interface of the mobile terminal, a plurality of window regions, wherein each region is a container for objects and provides an overview of contents of the terminal and a status of the terminal;
receiving a first user input to make a selection of one of the regions;
in response to the first user input, displaying at least one object corresponding to a selected region as the predominant object of objects displayed on the graphical user interface and displaying other non-selected regions and object(s) that have a relationship to the selected region'"'"'s object in a secondary manner;
displaying at least one management tool for accessing information related to the selected region; and
upon activation of the at least one management tool, displaying information selected.
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Abstract
A method for navigating information in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, on a graphical user interface of the mobile terminal, a plurality of window regions, wherein each region is a container for objects and provides an overview of contents of the terminal and a status of the terminal. Receiving a first user input to make a selection of one of the regions and in response to the first user input, displaying at least one object corresponding to a selected region in a central portion of the graphical user interface and displaying other non-selected regions that have a relationship to the selected region in a secondary manner. At least one management tool for accessing information related to the selected region is displayed and, upon activation of the at least one management tool, the information selected is displayed.
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Citations
53 Claims
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1. A method for navigating information in a mobile terminal, comprising:
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displaying, on a graphical user interface of the mobile terminal, a plurality of window regions, wherein each region is a container for objects and provides an overview of contents of the terminal and a status of the terminal;
receiving a first user input to make a selection of one of the regions;
in response to the first user input, displaying at least one object corresponding to a selected region as the predominant object of objects displayed on the graphical user interface and displaying other non-selected regions and object(s) that have a relationship to the selected region'"'"'s object in a secondary manner;
displaying at least one management tool for accessing information related to the selected region; and
upon activation of the at least one management tool, displaying information selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing and accessing menu functions on a display of an electronic device comprising:
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providing on the display, one or more menu functions in a menu structure, the menu structure comprising a primary object and at least one secondary object;
reformatting, upon selection of one of the menu functions, the selected menu function to be displayed as the primary object on the display;
determining which of non-selected menu functions have a relationship with the selected menu function; and
reformatting the non-selected menu functions that are related to the selected menu function to be displayed as secondary objects relative to the primary object on the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A graphical user interface for a terminal device comprising:
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a display screen;
a user input device;
a processor arranged to display information on the display screen, the information comprising a plurality of regions, each region providing information related to a contents of the terminal and a status of the terminal, the processor being arranged to display;
a primary region; and
at least one secondary region, the primary region being displayed in a more predominant manner on the graphical user interface than the at least one secondary region. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to generate a user interface for a terminal device, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate a background region and a plurality of window regions;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to arrange the plurality of window regions as a primary region and a plurality of secondary regions;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display in the primary region during an idle state of the terminal device, an object including information pertaining to location services, proximity and context;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present, in a first of the secondary regions, information pertaining to a content of the terminal device;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present, in a second of the secondary regions, a calendaring function of the terminal device;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present, in a third of the secondary regions, information pertaining to contacts stored in the terminal device; and
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present, in a fourth of the secondary regions, information pertaining to non-content related applications stored in the terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for providing a graphical user interface for a terminal device comprising:
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providing on a display of the terminal device a plurality of objects, one of the objects comprising a primary object and a remainder comprising secondary objects;
displaying the primary object as a predominant object in comparison to the secondary objects;
displaying as an initial primary object an environments region that provides proximity services, context services, and indicators for available content and service;
displaying as secondary objects;
a content region that presents an available content of the terminal device including a gallery of content of the terminal device and at least one content creation application;
a contact region that provides a contact list;
a calendaring region that provides calendar, task and appointment services; and
an applications region that identifies third-party applications stored in the terminal device;
displaying in the environment region, when a contact from the contact list is within a certain proximity to the terminal device, a contact identifier for the contact and a proximity of the contact from the terminal device;
highlighting in the contact list, when a task from the calendaring region is selected, one or more contacts related to the task, wherein upon selection of the highlighted one or more contacts in the contact list, a communication pathway is established with the one or more contacts. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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