Method for creating and operating a user interface
First Claim
1. A method for creating a user interface for an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a photograph as a digital image;
defining an image area which is a segment of the digital image; and
defining an image button by linking an action to the image area, to be carried out responsive to activation of the image area when the image is presented on a display.
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Abstract
Method and computer program products for creating and using a graphical user interface of an electronic device are provided. In some methods, a photograph is provided as a digital image, and a segment of the image is defined as an image button, by linking an action to coordinate data of the segment, to be carried out by the electronic device responsive to clicking on the image button. The segment representing the clickable area for the image button may be defined by running an image segmentation application on the digital image to define separate segments covering objects depicted in the photograph. The action to be carried out may be associated with the object, such as a person, covered by the image button, such as presenting information about the object or initiating communication with a communication address associated with the object.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for creating a user interface for an electronic device, comprising:
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providing a photograph as a digital image;
defining an image area which is a segment of the digital image; and
defining an image button by linking an action to the image area, to be carried out responsive to activation of the image area when the image is presented on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for operating a user interface of an electronic device, comprising:
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presenting a photograph as a digital image on a display of the electronic device, wherein a segment of the digital image is defined as an image button which is responsive to activation for carrying out a predefined action;
detecting activation of the image button; and
carrying out said predetermined action in said electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for operating a graphical user interface, the computer program product comprising computer program code executable by a processor in an electronic device having a display, the computer program code comprising:
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a tag including image data for a digital image of a photograph;
a tag defining coordinate data for a segment of the digital image as an image button; and
a tag defining content associated with the image button, wherein said content comprises computer program code for a predefined action to be carried out by said electronic device responsive to detecting activation of the image button. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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