GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MECHANISMS

• US 20130232449A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trigger Happy, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Trigger Happy, Ltd.
• Inventors: Butler, Karl
• Application Number:
  US13/786,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232449A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/834
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A machine-controlled method can include a display of an electronic device visually presenting to a user a graphical user interface having a trigger mechanism component. The method can also include the display visually presenting to the user a rotational interface mechanism having multiple toolset icons responsive to the user interacting with the trigger mechanism component. The method can also include the display visually presenting to the user individual tool icons that correspond to a certain toolset icon.

Claims

1. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

a display of an electronic device visually presenting to a user a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a trigger mechanism component; and

responsive to an interaction between the user and the trigger mechanism component, the display visually presenting to the user a rotational interface mechanism comprising a plurality of toolset icons.

2. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, wherein the interaction between the user and the trigger mechanism component comprises the user tapping or double-tapping the trigger mechanism component.

3. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, wherein the interaction between the user and the trigger mechanism component comprises the user placing a finger on the trigger mechanism component.

4. The machine-controlled method of claim 3, wherein the display visually presents the rotational interface mechanism to the user so long as the user'"'"'s finger remains placed on the trigger mechanism component.

5. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising the display locking the rotational interface mechanism responsive to an interaction between the user and the GUI.

6. The machine-controlled method of claim 5, wherein the interaction between the user and the GUI comprises the user swiping a finger from a first pre-designated area to a second pre-designated area.

7. The machine-controlled method of claim 6, wherein the first pre-designated area is on or near the trigger mechanism component.

8. The machine-controlled method of claim 7, wherein the second pre-designated area is any portion of the display outside of the rotational interface mechanism.

9. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising the display visually indicating to the user that a certain one of the plurality of toolset icons is currently active.

10. The machine-controlled method of claim 9, further comprising the display visually presenting to the user a plurality of individual tool icons that correspond to the certain one of the plurality of toolset icons.

11. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising the display causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin responsive to an interaction between the user and the rotational interface mechanism.

12. The machine-controlled method of claim 11, wherein the interaction between the user and the rotational interface mechanism comprises the user swiping a finger on the rotational interface mechanism in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner.

13. The machine-controlled method of claim 11, wherein the display applies at least one attribute in causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin.

14. The machine-controlled method of claim 13, wherein the at least one attribute is from a group consisting of inertia, movement velocity, movement acceleration, at least one spin parameter, and at least one friction attribute.

15. The machine-controlled method of claim 11, further comprising:

the display visually indicating to the user that a first one of the plurality of toolset icons is active before causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin; and

the display visually indicating to the user that a second one of the plurality of toolset icons is active after causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin.

16. The machine-controlled method of claim 15, further comprising:

the display visually presenting to the user a first plurality of individual tool icons that correspond to the first one of the plurality of toolset icons before causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin; and

the display visually presenting to the user a second plurality of individual tool icons that correspond to the second one of the plurality of toolset icons after causing the rotational interface mechanism to spin.

17. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a handheld computing device.

18. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media configured to store machine-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the machine-controlled method of claim 1.

19. A handheld electronic device, comprising:

a display configured to visually present to a user a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a trigger mechanism component; and

a processor configured to cause the display to visually present to the user a rotational interface mechanism responsive to an interaction between the user and the trigger mechanism component, the rotational interface mechanism comprising a plurality of toolset icons.

20. The handheld electronic device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display to visually present to the user a plurality of individual tool icons that correspond to a certain one of the plurality of toolset icons.