SYSTEMS, DEVICES, OR METHODS FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION EMPLOYING A TUMBLER-STYLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20100162166A1
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RCS IP LLC
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bailey, Matthew, Klonsky, Andrew, Pascal, Kristin Marie
• Granted Patent: US 8,893,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices employing tumbler-style graphical user interfaces (TSGUI) are presented. TSGUI can facilitate high context rapid selection of content objects from at least a plurality of tumbler components. Selection of content objects can relate to a path for a memory to access a related final information. TSGUI can be employed in mobile computing devices, including telephonic mobile computing devices. In an embodiment a TSGUI of a mobile device can facilitate access to content in relation to messaging applications native to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system including at least a processor and memory facilitating high context access to an information, comprising:

an input component;

an output component;

a content store; and

a tumbler-style graphical user interface component (TSGUIC) facilitating selection of information representations at least in part defining an access path of a final information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the TSGUIC further comprises at least a plurality of tumbler components.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the plurality of tumbler components further comprises at least one selectable content object that at least in part is an information representation.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the content object at least in part represents file name information, file path information, file type information, an image, a graphic object, an emoticon, a map, a video file, a voice file, a music file, an audio file, a computer program, category, class, service, protocol, or combination thereof.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising at least a second selectable content object of a junior tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components, and wherein the at least a second selectable content object at least in part represents at least a portion of a subset of information related to the at least one selectable content object of a senior tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein selection of the at least one selectable component can include scrolling or panning of a tumbler component, or the contents thereof, in a linear or cyclic fashion, into a predefined alignment or position.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the selection of selectable components across the plurality of tumbler components facilitates access to a final information.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality tumbler components of the TSGUIC employ at least a hierarchical relationship such that content objects populating a child tumbler component represents at least a subset of information represented by a content object of a parent tumbler component.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the content objects populating a child tumbler component represents at least a subset of information represented by a selected content object of a parent tumbler component.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the content objects populating a child tumbler component represents at least a subset of information represented by a content object of a parent tumbler component and are at least in part based on inferences relating to historical content object selection.

11. The system of claim 8, further facilitating altering a selection of one or more content objects of at least one of the plurality of the hierarchical tumbler components of the TSGUIC.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein altering a selection of one or more content objects of a senior hierarchical tumbler component effects changes in junior hierarchical tumbler components in accord with at least an “

independent selection”

schema, “

validity dependant selection”

schema, “

inferential selection”

schema, “

clearing children selection”

schema, or some combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 1, employed on a mobile computing device to facilitate selection of content related at least in part to one or more electronic messaging services.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile device includes telephony services and at least one of the one or more electronic messaging services includes short messaging service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), instant messaging service (IM), email service, TCP/IP messaging, or combinations thereof.

15. A computer-implemented method for selecting a final information employing a tumbler-style graphical user interface (TSGUI), comprising:

populating at least a first tumbler component of a plurality of tumbler components with at least a first selectable content object;

receiving a selection of a selectable content object of a tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components;

populating at least a tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components with at least a second selectable content object;

facilitating access of a final information related to a selected terminal content object.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least a second selectable content object reflects, at least in part, a subset of content related to a prior selected content object.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second selectable content object is based at least in part on inferences related to historical content object selection.

18. The method of claim 15, further allowing dynamic changes to content object selections for each tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components to facilitate accessing a final information represented by a selectable terminal content object.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein allowing dynamic changes to content object selections for each tumbler component of the plurality of tumbler components comports with at least an “

independent selection”

schema, “

validity dependant selection”

schema, “

inferential selection”

schema, “

clearing children selection”

schema, or some combination thereof.

20. A computer-implemented system of a mobile device, comprising:

an input component, an output component, or combination thereof;

at least one local, remote, or distributed content store;

a tumbler-style graphical user interface component (TSGUIC) facilitating selection of content objects that are at least in part information representations, a selected subset thereof employed in accessing a final information, the TSGUIC further comprising;

at least a plurality of tumbler components having a hierarchical relationship such that a junior tumbler component can contain content objects representing at least a subset of information related to a selected content object of a senior tumbler component; and

at least one selectable content object populating a tumbler component wherein selection of one of the at least one selectable content objects at least in part causes a junior tumbler component to become populated with at least one other content object representing at least a subset of information related to the selected content object of the senior tumbler component;

wherein the TSGUIC allows for dynamic reselection of selected content objects and accordingly repopulates tumbler components junior to tumbler components having reselected content objects with at least an “

independent selection”

schema, “

validity dependant selection”

schema, “

inferential selection”

schema, “

clearing children selection”

schema, or some combination thereof; and

wherein a selection of a terminal content object at least in part allows user access to a related final information of the at least one local, remote, or distributed content store.