PROVIDING SUBPAGES IN A TOUCH PANEL USER INTERFACE

• US 20120313876A1
• Filed: 06/11/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman Professional, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Amx LLC (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Smith, George Carl
• Granted Patent: US 9,335,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of retrieving subpages from memory and rendering the subpages for display on a user display device, such as a smartphone or other display with limited viewing area. The method may also include identifying each of the subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages and displaying a first portion of the subpages on the display and storing a remaining portion of the subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving a plurality of subpages from memory;

rendering the plurality of subpages;

identifying each of the plurality of subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages;

displaying a first portion of the plurality of subpages on a display of a computing device; and

storing a remaining portion of the plurality of subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of subpages correspond to a plurality of webpages.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a movement command on the display; and

retrieving at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages from memory; and

displaying the at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages on the display responsive to the movement command received.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

detecting that the movement command is a directional flick command; and

moving the sequence of subpages in order in a logically circular order in a direction associated with the directional flick command.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the directional flick command is at least one of up, down, left and right.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

detecting that the movement command is a hold and move command based on a predefined period of time elapsing since the movement command was initiated; and

moving at least one of the plurality of subpages out of the sequence of subpages based on the hold and move command.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as ready and may be moved into the display, and all other of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as idle and must be modified to a ready status prior to be displayed on the display.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a display; and

a processor configured to

retrieve a plurality of subpages from the memory,

render the plurality of subpages,

identify each of the plurality of subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages,

display a first portion of the plurality of subpages on the display, and

store a remaining portion of the plurality of subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plurality of subpages correspond to a plurality of webpages.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a movement command on the display, and wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages from memory, and display the at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages on the display responsive to the movement command received.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to detect that the movement command is a directional flick command and to move the sequence of subpages in order in a logically circular order in a direction associated with the directional flick command.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the directional flick command is at least one of up, down, left and right.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to detect that the movement command is a hold and move command based on a predefined period of time elapsing since the movement command was initiated, and move at least one of the plurality of subpages out of the sequence of subpages based on the hold and move command.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a portion of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as ready and may be moved into the display, and all other of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as idle and must be modified to a ready status prior to be displayed on the display.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

retrieving a plurality of subpages from memory;

rendering the plurality of subpages;

identifying each of the plurality of subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages;

displaying a first portion of the plurality of subpages on a display of a computing device; and

storing a remaining portion of the plurality of subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of subpages correspond to a plurality of webpages.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving a movement command on the display; and

retrieving at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages from memory; and

displaying the at least one of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages on the display responsive to the movement command received.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

detecting that the movement command is a directional flick command; and

moving the sequence of subpages in order in a logically circular order in a direction associated with the directional flick command.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the directional flick command is at least one of up, down, left and right.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

detecting that the movement command is a hold and move command based on a predefined period of time elapsing since the movement command was initiated; and

moving at least one of the plurality of subpages out of the sequence of subpages based on the hold and move command, and wherein a portion of the remaining portion of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as ready and may be moved into the display, and all other of the plurality of subpages stored in the memory are designated as idle and must be modified to a ready status prior to be displayed on the display.