METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH HORIZONTAL WORKSPACE

• US 20100180227A1
• Filed: 08/31/2009
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Attaoulaye Diallo
• Original Assignee: Attaoulaye Diallo
• Inventors: Diallo, Attaoulaye
• Application Number:
  US12/550,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20100180227A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/782
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for a graphical user interface with horizontal workspace. The graphical user interface may display a plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems. Each screen subsystem may operate at least one application, contain at least one sub-explorer of files and folders, communicate with a main system explorer through a unique port, and communicate with each of the other plurality of screen subsystems.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a graphical user interface said method implemented using a computer system having a processor configured to:

display a plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems, each screen subsystem operating at least one application, containing at least one sub-explorer of files and folders, communicating with a main system explorer through a unique port, and communicating with each of the other plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems as any of a horizontal screen subsystem, a right lateral screen subsystem, a left lateral screen subsystem, a vertical front screen subsystem, a top screen subsystem.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the horizontal screen subsystem as a screen in the classic vertical position that has been rotated about the bottom axis.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the right lateral screen subsystem as a screen in the classic vertical position that has been rotated about the right axis.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the left lateral screen subsystem as a screen in the classic vertical position that has been rotated about the left axis.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the front vertical screen subsystem as a screen in the classic vertical position that has been moved back a distance.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the top screen subsystem as a screen in the classic vertical position that has been rotated about the top axis.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

substantially simultaneously save application data in both the local screen subsystem and at least one other screen subsystem.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the applications further comprise:

office applications including word processing, spreadsheet, email, and displaying a picture, painting, photograph, video, characters, symbol fonts, or other graphical components.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

transfer application data from one screen subsystem to another screen subsystem.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

designate one screen subsystem to display a menu containing historical data for files saved on all the other screen subsystems.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

allow a user to view multiple applications across the plurality of screen subsystems simultaneously without switching between application windows.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

permit a user to customize a graphical user interface using any combination of the plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems.

14. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display at least one of type of screen subsystem within another screen subsystem.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the processor is further configured to:

display at least one overlapping quadrilateral screen subsystem for each of the plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems.

15. A method of displaying a graphical user interface said method implemented using a computer system having a processor configured to:

display a plurality of quadrilateral screen subsystems including a horizontal screen subsystem, right lateral screen subsystem, left lateral screen subsystem, vertical front screen subsystem and top screen subsystem in a manner that presents a three dimensional working environment.