User interface having viewing area with non-transparent and semi-transparent regions
First Claim
1. A method for displaying, in a graphical user interface having overlapping viewing areas, a foreground viewing area having foreground viewing area content over a background viewing area having background viewing area content, the method including:
- displaying the foreground viewing area with a non-transparent region that obscures any part of the background viewing area overlapped thereby and a semi-transparent region through which background viewing area content overlapped thereby can be at least partially viewed.
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Abstract
Method and device for displaying, in a graphical user interface having overlapping viewing areas, a foreground viewing area having foreground viewing area content over a background viewing area having background viewing area content, including displaying the foreground viewing area with a non-transparent region that obscures any part of the background viewing area overlapped thereby and a semi-transparent region through which background viewing area content overlapped thereby can be at least partially viewed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for displaying, in a graphical user interface having overlapping viewing areas, a foreground viewing area having foreground viewing area content over a background viewing area having background viewing area content, the method including:
displaying the foreground viewing area with a non-transparent region that obscures any part of the background viewing area overlapped thereby and a semi-transparent region through which background viewing area content overlapped thereby can be at least partially viewed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
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a display screen for displaying a user interface having overlapping windows;
memory;
a processor connected to the memory and to the display screen for controlling operation of the display screen;
a user interface manager associated with the processor for displaying as part of the user interface a foreground window having a non-transparent region that obscures any part of a background viewing area of the user interface overlapped by the non-transparent region; and
a semi-transparent region through which content of the background viewing area overlapped by the semi-transparent region can be at least partially viewed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product having a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable instructions for displaying, in a graphical user interface having overlapping viewing areas, a foreground viewing area having foreground viewing area content over a background viewing area having background viewing area content, the computer executable instructions including:
computer executable instructions for displaying the foreground viewing area with a non-transparent region that obscures any part of the background viewing area overlapped thereby and a semi-transparent region through which background viewing area content overlapped thereby can be at least partially viewed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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