ADJUSTING ORGANIZATION OF MEDIA CONTENT ON DISPLAY

• US 20100289753A1
• Filed: 05/14/2009
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Coddington, Nicole, Sunday, Derek
• Application Number:
  US12/466,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20100289753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Embodiments related to organizing media content in a computing system are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of organizing media content comprising displaying a boundary of an organizational container via a touch-sensitive display, displaying the set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container as a grouped stack within the boundary of the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display, and displaying an organizational mode selector via the touch-sensitive display, the organizational mode selector providing a plurality of selectable organizational modes. Next, the method comprises receiving a touch input directed toward the organizational mode selector, the touch input indicating a selected organizational mode from the plurality of selectable organizational modes, and reordering the set of two or more content items within the grouped stack arrangement from an initial order to an updated order defined by the selected organizational mode.

Claims

1. In a computing system, a method of organizing media content, comprising:

displaying a boundary of an organizational container via a touch-sensitive display;

displaying a set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container as a grouped stack within the boundary of the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display, the two or more content items ordered in the grouped stack according to an initial order;

displaying an organizational mode selector via the touch-sensitive display, the organizational mode selector providing a plurality of selectable organizational modes;

receiving a touch input directed toward the organizational mode selector, the touch input indicating a selected organizational mode from the plurality of selectable organizational modes; and

reordering the set of two or more content items within the grouped stack arrangement from the initial order to an updated order defined by the selected organizational mode.

2. The method of claim 1, where the organizational mode selector includes a category menu, and where the plurality of selectable organizational modes includes a plurality of different categories of content within the set of two or more content items.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a type of content of the set of two or more content items; and

identifying the plurality of selectable organizational modes based on the type of content.

4. The method of claim 1, where the initial order is a default order and where the organizational mode selector depicts a default organizational mode of the plurality of selectable organizational modes in conjunction with the display of the initial order.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, updating the organizational mode selector that is displayed via the touch-sensitive display from the default organizational mode to the selected organizational mode indicated by the touch input.

6. The method of claim 1, where displaying the organizational mode selector includes displaying the organizational mode selector within the boundary of the organizational container.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, varying the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from an indicator to a menu of the plurality of selectable organizational modes responsive to receiving the touch input.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising, varying the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from the menu to an indicator responsive to release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

delaying varying the organizational mode selector from the menu to the indicator for a first period of time after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display, where the first period of time is longer than a second period of time between when the touch input is received at the touch-sensitive display and the organizational mode selector is varied from the indicator to the menu; and

delaying reordering the set of two or more content items after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising, reordering the plurality of selectable organizational modes within the menu responsive to the touch input;

and where the selected organizational mode is indicated by a predefined position of the selected organizational mode relative to other organizational modes of the plurality of selectable organizational modes within the menu.

11. A computing device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to;

associate a set of two or more content items with an organizational container;

identify a type of content of the set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container; and

display a boundary of the organizational container via a touch-sensitive display of the computing device;

display the set of two or more content items within the boundary of the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display, the two or more content items ordered within the boundary according to an initial order;

identify a plurality of selectable organizational modes based on the type of content of the set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container;

display an organizational mode selector associated with the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display;

receive a touch input directed toward the organizational mode selector, the touch input indicating a selected organizational mode from the plurality of selectable organizational modes; and

reorder the set of two or more content items within the boundary from the initial order to an updated order defined by the selected organizational mode.

12. The computing device of claim 11, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

display the set of two or more content items in a grouped stack arrangement.

13. The computing device of claim 11, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

display the set of two or more content items in a grid arrangement.

14. The computing device of claim 11, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

display the set of two or more content items in a slide show arrangement.

15. The computing device of claim 11, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

display the organizational mode selector within the boundary of the organizational container.

16. The computing device of claim 11, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

vary the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from an indicator to a menu of the selectable organizational modes responsive to receiving the touch input.

17. The computing device of claim 16, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

vary the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from the menu to an indicator responsive to release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.

18. The computing device of claim 17, where the memory further comprises executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor are configured to:

delay varying the organizational mode selector from the menu to the indicator for a first period of time after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display, where the first period of time is longer than a second period of time between when the touch input is received at the touch-sensitive display and the organizational mode selector is varied from the indicator to the menu; and

delay reordering the set of two or more content items after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.

19. In a computing system, a method of organizing media content, comprising:

associating a set of two or more content items with an organizational container;

identifying a type of content of the set of two or more content items;

displaying a boundary of the organizational container via a touch-sensitive display;

displaying the set of two or more content items as a grouped stack within the boundary of the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display, the two or more content items ordered in the grouped stack according to an initial order;

identify a plurality of selectable organizational modes based on a type of content of the set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container;

displaying an organizational mode selector within the boundary via the touch-sensitive display, the organizational mode selector providing the plurality of selectable organizational modes;

receiving a touch input directed toward the organizational mode selector, the touch input indicating a selected organizational mode from the plurality of selectable organizational modes;

varying the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from an indicator to a menu of the selectable organizational modes responsive to receiving the touch input;

reordering the set of two or more content items within the grouped stack arrangement from the initial order to an updated order defined by the selected organizational mode responsive to release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display; and

varying the organizational mode selector displayed via the touch-sensitive display from the menu to an indicator responsive to release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

delaying varying the organizational mode selector from the menu to the indicator for a first period of time after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display, where the first period of time is longer than a second period of time between when the touch input is received at the touch-sensitive display and the organizational mode selector is varied from the indicator to the menu; and

delaying reordering the set of two or more content items after release of the touch input from the touch-sensitive display.