PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE FOR THE DISPLAY OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE GRAPHICAL COMPONENTS

• US 20110119624A1
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: COLDEFY, François, BELATAR, Mohammed
• Granted Patent: US 9,448,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A process for the management of a graphical user interface (10) includes application software graphical components (26, 40, 40′), such as windows that display computer applications, displaying the data of an associated application software function. The process includes the stages of:

• • tracing (E102), on the interface, a graphical shape (31, 31′) in such a way as to create a graphical component (30, 30′),
  • combining (E128) an application software function with the graphical component that was created for assigning the graphical component to the display of the application software function, and
  • determining (E110) a direction (S) of the graphical component that is created in such a way as to display data of the associated application software function according to the determined direction.

Claims

1. Process for management of a graphical user interface (10) that is arranged for comprising application software graphical components (26, 40, 40′

), one application software graphical component displaying an associated application software function, the process comprising the stages consisting in;

Tracing (E102), on the interface, a graphical shape (31, 31′

) so as to create a graphical component (30, 30′

),

Combining (E128) an application software function with said graphical component that was created for assigning the graphical component to the display of said application software function,

characterized in that it also comprises a stage (E110) for determination of a

direction (S) of the graphical component that is created in such a way as to display the data of the associated application software function according to said determined direction.

2. Process according to claim 1, comprising a stage (E104) for recognition of a model graphical shape (R) from the trace (31, 31′

) and a stage (E116) for display of said model graphical shape (30) instead of the traced shape.

3. Process according to claim 2, wherein said tracing stage (E102) comprises the tracing of a graphical shortcut.

4. Process according to claim 1, wherein said determination (E110) of the display direction (S) is automatic based on said trace (31, 31′

).

5. Process according to claim 4, wherein the direction of the graphical component is defined by the direction that is given between the first dot that is traced and a center of the traced graphical shape.

6. Process according to claim 4, wherein for a rectangle-type traced graphical shape, the direction of the graphical component is defined by the direction of the first traced side.

7. Process according to claim 1, wherein said determination (E110) of the display direction (S) comprises, in addition to the tracing of the graphical shape, the indication by the user on the graphical interface of said display direction.

8. Process according to claim 7, wherein said determination (E110) of the display direction (S) comprises the tracing, by the user and inside of the graphical component, of a line whose starting end and arrival end relatively define the top and the bottom of the display.

9. Process according to claim 1, comprising a display stage (E116,

E120, E124) of said graphical component that is created (30, 30′ ) and a selection menu (32, 32′

) between at least two application software functions (34, 34′

),

and a stage (E126) for selection of a so-called application software function in such a way as to associate said selected application software function with the graphical component that is created.

10. Process according to claim 9, wherein said selection menu (32, 32′

) is displayed inside of said graphical component (30, 30′

) that is created.

11. Process according to claim 9, wherein the selection menu (32, 32′

) is based on the shape of the graphical component that is created.

12. Process according to claim 9, wherein the selection menu (32, 32′

) is based on said display direction that is determined for the graphical component that is created.

14. Means of storing data comprising instructions for a computer program that is suitable for implementing the process for management according to claim 1, when this program is loaded and executed by the computer system.

15. Computer program product that can be read by a microprocessor, comprising instructions for the implementation of the management process according to claim 1, when this program is loaded and executed by the microprocessor.

13. System (50) for management of a graphical user interface (10) that is arranged for comprising application software graphical components (26, 40, 40′

), one application software graphical component displaying an associated application software function, the system comprising;

A device for acquisition and display (55, 56) of a graphical shape (31, 31′

) that is traced by a user on the graphical user interface in such a way as to create a graphical component (30, 30′

), and

A means of association of a computer application software function with said graphical component that is thus created to assign it to the display of said application software function,

wherein the system is characterized in that it also comprises a computer means

that is configured for determining a direction of the graphical component that is created and for monitoring the display of the data of the application software function in the graphical component according to said determined direction.