GROUPING WITH FRAMES TO TRANSFORM DISPLAY ELEMENTS WITHIN A ZOOMING USER INTERFACE

• US 20130132895A1
• Filed: 11/17/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prezi Inc.
• Original Assignee: Prezi Inc.
• Inventors: Nmeth, Pter, Gbor, Blint Bulcs, Somlai-Fisher, dm, Udvardy, David, Gauquelin, David, Laufer, Laszlo, Tth-Mt, kos, Paz, Lior, Weiner, Zsuzsa, Vajda, Pter, Halacsy, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,207,951 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/799
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

A method is provided to edit a display screen of a zooming user interface system; the method includes receiving a user request to transform a set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame; in response to the user request an information structured is produced in a non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the frame; each display element indicated by the information structure is transformed according to the user request.

Claims

1. A method to edit a display screen of a zooming user interface system comprising:

receiving a user request to transform a set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame;

in response to receipt of the user request, producing an information structured in a non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the frame;

transforming each display element indicated by the information structure.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the user request includes a request to change location of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing location of each display element indicated by the information structure.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the user request includes a request to change scale of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing scale of each display element indicated by the information structure.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the user request includes a request to change orientation of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing orientation of each display element indicated by the information structure.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving a user request includes receiving user selection and of the frame displayed on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving a user request includes receiving user selection of a menu item of an editing control element displayed on the display screen.

7. the method of claim 1,

wherein the frame is associated with a framed region of a canvas;

wherein each display element of the set of display elements is associated with a location on the canvas; and

wherein the information structured indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is located within the framed region of the canvas.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the frame is associated with a framed region of a canvas;

wherein each display element of the set of display elements is associated with a location on the canvas; and

further including;

in response to receipt of the user request, identifying the display elements encompassed by the framed region;

wherein the information structure indicates the display elements identified as encompassed within the framed region.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein multiple different display elements are displayed at different locations on the canvas;

and

wherein identifying the display elements encompassed by the framed region includes identifying display elements from among the multiple display elements that are located within the frame region.

10. The method of claim 1 further including:

prior to receiving the user request to transform the set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame, adding a display element to or deleting a display element from the set of display elements displayed on the display screen encompassed by a frame without producing information in a data structure to indicate the addition or deletion.

11. The method of claim 1 further including:

after receiving the user request to transform the set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame, adding a display element to or deleting a display element from the set of display elements displayed on the display screen encompassed by a frame without producing information in a data structure to indicate the addition or deletion.

12. (second frame nested within first frame) The method of claim 1,

wherein the set of display elements includes a second frame;

and further including;

receiving a second user request to transform a second set of display elements displayed on the display screen encompassed by the second frame that encompasses a respective one of the display elements within the set;

in response to receipt of the second user request, producing a second information structured in the non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of a second set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the second frame; and

transforming each display element indicated by the second information structure.

13. (first frame nested within third frame) The method of claim 1 further including:

receiving a user request to transform a second set of display elements are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame;

wherein the frame is included as a display element within the second set of display elements; and

further including;

in response to receipt of the second user request, producing a second information structured in the non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of a second set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the second frame; and

transforming each display element indicated by the second information structure.

14. An article of manufacture that includes non-transitory storage device encoded with instructions to a cause a computer system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a user request to transform a set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame;

in response to receipt of the user request, producing an information structured in a non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the frame;

transforming each display element indicated by the information structure.

15. The article of claim 14,

wherein the user request includes a request to change location of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing location of each display element indicated by the information structure.

16. The article of claim 14,

wherein the user request includes a request to change scale of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing scale of each display element indicated by the information structure.

17. The article of claim 14,

wherein the user request includes a request to change orientation of the set of display elements;

and

wherein transforming includes changing orientation of each display element indicated by the information structure.

18. The article of claim 14,

wherein receiving a user request includes receiving user selection and of the frame displayed on the display screen.

19. The article of claim 14,

wherein receiving a user request includes receiving user selection of a menu item of an editing control element displayed on the display screen.

20. The method of claim 14,

wherein the frame is associated with a framed region of a canvas;

wherein each display element of the set of display elements is associated with a location on the canvas; and

wherein the information structured indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is located within the framed region of the canvas.

21. The article of claim 14,

wherein the frame is associated with a framed region of a canvas;

wherein each display element of the set of display elements is associated with a location on the canvas; and

further including;

in response to receipt of the user request, identifying the display elements encompassed by the framed region;

wherein the information structure indicates the display elements identified as encompassed within the framed region.

22. The article of claim 21,

wherein multiple different display elements are displayed at different locations on the canvas;

and

wherein identifying the display elements encompassed by the framed region includes identifying display elements from among the multiple display elements that are located within the frame region.

23. The article of claim 14 further including:

prior to receiving the user request to transform the set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame, adding a display element to or deleting a display element from the set of display elements displayed on the display screen encompassed by a frame without producing information in a data structure to indicate the addition or deletion.

24. The article of claim 14 further including:

after receiving the user request to transform the set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame, adding a display element to or deleting a display element from the set of display elements displayed on the display screen encompassed by a frame without producing information in a data structure to indicate the addition or deletion.