ADJUSTABLE USER INTERFACES WITH MOVABLE SEPARATORS
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising at least one physical computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into at least one hardware processor and executed, transform the hardware processor to perform the following:
- present a control portion of a user interface on a fixed-size display device;
present a display portion of the user interface on the display device;
present a movable slider on the display device, so that the slider separates the control portion from the display portion;
display a representation of at least one icon in the control portion of the user interface;
receive an indication that the slider has moved on the display screen; and
adjust relative proportions of the control and display areas in response to the indication.
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Abstract
Tools and techniques for adjustable user interfaces with movable separators are provided. Display devices provided by these tools may include fixed-size hardware display screens. These display screens include input control portions that are responsive to user input to receive commands from users, and include output display portions for presenting output to users in response to the commands. These display screens also include separators that are movable along the display screens, with the separators dividing the input control portions from the output display portions. In response to movements of the separators, the input control portions and the output display portions are resized relative to one another.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising at least one physical computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into at least one hardware processor and executed, transform the hardware processor to perform the following:
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present a control portion of a user interface on a fixed-size display device; present a display portion of the user interface on the display device; present a movable slider on the display device, so that the slider separates the control portion from the display portion; display a representation of at least one icon in the control portion of the user interface; receive an indication that the slider has moved on the display screen; and adjust relative proportions of the control and display areas in response to the indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A display device comprising:
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a fixed-size hardware display screen operable to provide an input control portion responsive to user input to receive commands from the user, and operable to provide an output display portion for presenting output to the user in response to the commands; and a separator movable along the display screen, wherein the separator divides the input control portion from the output display portion, and wherein the input control portion and the output display portion are resized relative to one another in response to movement of the separator. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-based device comprising:
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at least one instance of processing hardware; at least one instance of display hardware; at least one bus system coupled to communicate with the processing hardware and the display hardware; and at least one computer-readable storage medium coupled to communicate with the processing hardware via the bus system, wherein the storage medium is encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into the processing hardware, transform the processing hardware to present a user interface on the display hardware, wherein the user interface is divided into an output display portion and an input control portion that are separated by a movable separator, wherein the user interface is responsive to re-positioning of the separator to resize the output display portion and the input control portion, wherein the user interface includes at least one icon presented in the input control portion, and wherein the user interface is responsive to activation of the icon to present content in the output display portion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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