WIDGET DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120079405A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, TENG-YU
• Application Number:
  US13/155,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079405A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A widget displaying system of an electronic device includes a widget listing module, a widget moving module and a widget display module. The widget listing module generates a list of widgets that are registered to the electronic device, and displays the list on a home screen of the electronic device. The widget moving module drags and drops a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen. The widget display module displays the widget in the idle area.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a widget on an electronic device, comprising:

generating a list of widgets that are registered to the electronic device;

displaying the list on a home screen of the electronic device;

dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen; and

displaying the widget in the idle area.

2. The method of the claim 1, wherein the block of dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen further comprises:

selecting a widget from the list by detecting a click operation on a widget in the list;

associating the widget with an identification number;

moving a profile of the widget on the home screen according to a dragging operation;

determining whether the location where a dropping operation is performed is an idle area; and

recording the location and the identification number of the widget in a widget library when the location is an idle area.

3. The method of the claim 2, wherein the block of dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen further comprises:

generating a broadcast of request for displaying the widget in the idle area with a predefined tag; and

broadcasting the broadcast in the electronic device.

4. The method of the claim 2, wherein the block of determining whether the location where a dropping operation is performed is an idle area further comprises:

acquiring the size of the widget; and

determining whether the size of area of the location is smaller than the size of the widget.

5. The method of the claim 4, wherein the block of dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen further comprises:

recording the size of the widget in the widget library when the location is an idle area.

6. The method of the claim 3, wherein the block of displaying the widget in the idle area further comprises:

receiving a broadcast;

determining whether the received broadcast has the predefined tag;

extracting an identification number from the received broadcast when the received broadcast has the predefined tag;

further determining whether the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present when the received broadcast does not have the predefined tag;

acquiring an identification number from the widget library when the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present; and

displaying the widget associated with the identification number in the idle area.

7. The method of the claim 6, wherein the block of determining whether the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present further comprises:

determining whether there is a predefined file in a RAM disk of the electronic device; and

creating a predefined file when there is no predefined file in the RAM disk.

8. A widget displaying system of an electronic device, comprising:

a widget listing module adapted to generate a list of widgets that are registered to the electronic device, and display the list on a home screen of the electronic device;

a widget moving module adapted to drag and drop a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen; and

a widget display module adapted to display the widget in the idle area.

9. The system of the claim 8, wherein the widget moving module is further adapted to select a widget from the list by detecting a click operation on a widget in the list, associate the widget with an identification number, move a profile of the widget on the home screen according to a dragging operation, determine whether the location where a dropping operation is performed is an idle area, and record the location and the identification number of the widget in a widget library when the location is an idle area.

10. The system of the claim 9, wherein the widget moving module is further adapted to generate a broadcast of request for displaying the widget in the idle area with a predefined tag, and broadcast the broadcast in the electronic device.

11. The system of the claim 9, wherein the widget moving module is further adapted to acquire the size of the widget, and determine whether the size of area of the location is smaller than the size of the widget.

12. The system of the claim 11, wherein the widget moving module is further adapted to record the size of the widget in the widget library when the location is an idle area.

13. The system of the claim 10, wherein the widget display module is further adapted to receive a broadcast, determine whether the received broadcast has the predefined tag, extract an identification number from the received broadcast when the received broadcast has the predefined tag, further determine whether the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present when the received broadcast does not have the predefined tag, acquire an identification number from the widget library when the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present, and display the widget associated with the identification number in the idle area.

14. The system of the claim 13, wherein the widget display module is further adapted to determine whether there is a predefined file in a RAM disk of the electronic device, and create a predefined file when there is no predefined file in the RAM disk.

15. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a widget displaying method, the method comprising:

generating a list of widgets that are registered to the electronic device;

displaying the list on a home screen of the electronic device;

dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen; and

displaying the widget in the idle area.

16. The storage medium of the claim 15, wherein the block of dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen comprises:

selecting a widget from the list by detecting a click operation on a widget in the list;

associating the widget with an identification number;

moving a profile of the widget on the home screen according to a dragging operation;

determining whether the location where a dropping operation is performed is an idle area; and

recording the location and the identification number of the widget in a widget library when the location is an idle area.

17. The storage medium of the claim 16, wherein the block of dragging and dropping a widget from the list to an idle area of the home screen further comprises:

generating a broadcast of request for displaying the widget in the idle area with a predefined tag; and

broadcasting the broadcast in the electronic device.

18. The storage medium of the claim 16, wherein the block of determining whether the location where a dropping operation is performed is an idle area further comprises:

acquiring the size of the widget; and

determining whether the size of area of the location is smaller than the size of the widget.

19. The storage medium of the claim 17, wherein the block of displaying the widget in the idle area comprises:

receiving a broadcast;

determining whether the received broadcast has the predefined tag;

extracting an identification number from the received broadcast when the received broadcast has the predefined tag;

further determining whether the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present when the received broadcast does not have the predefined tag;

acquiring an identification number from the widget library when the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present; and

displaying the widget associated with the identification number in the idle area.

20. The storage medium of the claim 19, wherein the block of determining whether the received broadcast is the first received broadcast among the duration from startup of the electronic device to present comprises:

determining whether there is a predefined file in a RAM disk of the electronic device; and

creating a predefined file when there is no predefined file in the RAM disk.