Portable Electronic Device for Providing a Visual Representation of a Widget

• US 20110061019A1
• Filed: 09/10/2009
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Campbell, Joshua E., Kim, Kitae, Palmer, James E., Clift, Bruce P.
• Application Number:
  US12/556,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20110061019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/790
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

There is disclosed a portable electronic device comprising a display providing a visual representation of a widget. For one embodiment, the visual representation comprises a first window including a textual content and a second window including a graphical content. The first and second windows are situated within a periphery of the visual representation such that the first window overlaps part of the second window and a portion of the graphical content of the second window is obscured by the first window. For other embodiments, the visual representation comprises first window including a peripheral boundary surrounding a textual content and a second window including a textual heading or graphical content, and a graphical icon overlaying a part of the graphical content. A portion of the peripheral border of the first window includes an outwardly protruding section directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display providing a visual representation of a widget, the visual representation comprising a first window including a textual content and a second window including a graphical content, the first and second windows are situated within a periphery of the visual representation such that the first window overlaps part of the second window and a portion of the graphical content of the second window is obscured by the first window.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a processor coupled to the display, wherein:

the processor is capable of executing an application associated with the widget; and

the display provides the widget at a home screen of the portable electronic device.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first window consists of the textual content without any graphical content, and the second window consists of a single graphical content without any textual content.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein first window has a substantially polygonal shape, the second window has a substantially polygonal shape.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 4, wherein each of the first and second windows has at least one curved corner.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the graphical content has a substantially polygonal shape.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first window includes an outer boundary, and an angular protrusion extending from the outer boundary and over the second window.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the graphical content is either a still image or a dynamic video.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the textual content of the first window describes the graphical content of the second window.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a touch sensitive surface overlaying the display.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein first window has a substantially polygonal shape, the second window has a substantially polygonal shape.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 14, wherein each of the first and second windows has at least one curved corner.

11. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display providing a visual representation of a widget, the visual representation comprising a first window including a peripheral boundary surrounding a textual content and a second window including a textual heading and a graphical icon, wherein a portion of the peripheral border of the first window includes an outwardly protruding section directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a processor coupled to the display, wherein:

the processor is capable of executing an application associated with the widget; and

the display provides the widget at a home screen of the portable electronic device.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first window surrounds the textual content without any graphical content, and the second window consists of a single graphical icon and the textual content.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the outwardly protruding section is angular and includes a point directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a touch sensitive surface overlaying the display.

18. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display providing a visual representation of a widget, the visual representation comprising a first window including a peripheral boundary surrounding a textual content and a second window including a graphical content and a graphical icon overlaying a part of the graphical content, wherein a portion of the peripheral border of the first window includes an outwardly protruding section directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 18, wherein the graphical content is either a still image or a dynamic video.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 18, wherein the outwardly protruding section is angular and includes a point directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.