Method and system providing for navigation of a multi-resource user interface
First Claim
1. A method providing for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device, comprising:
- displaying a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user; and
in response to the user activating an input control to navigate the cards in the deck, moving the top card to another position in the deck and revealing a next card in the deck.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device. Method and systems aspects include displaying a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user; and in response to the user activating an input control to navigate the cards in the deck, moving the top card to another position in the deck and revealing a next card in the deck.
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35 Claims
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1. A method providing for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device, comprising:
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displaying a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user; and
in response to the user activating an input control to navigate the cards in the deck, moving the top card to another position in the deck and revealing a next card in the deck. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable medium containing executable program instructions for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device, the executable program instructions for:
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displaying a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user; and
in response to the user activating an input control to navigate the cards in the deck, moving the top card to another position in the deck and revealing a next card in the deck.
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30. A system providing for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device, comprising:
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a display configured to display a display screen;
a graphics subsystem coupled to the display that is configured to display a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user; and
an input subsystem coupled to the graphics subsystem that is configured to determine when the user activates an input control to navigate the cards in the deck, wherein in response, the graphics subsystem moves the top card to another position in the deck and reveals a next card in the deck.
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31. A method providing for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device, comprising:
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displaying a deck of cards representing device resources on a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other cards in the deck such that no user interface controls of the other cards are visible and only the top card is selectable by a user;
providing at least one card in the deck representing a nested sub-deck of cards; and
when the card representing the nested sub-deck is selected, displaying the sub-deck on the display screen with a next card in the sub-deck displayed as a top card in the displayed sub-deck. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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