SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING A SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER

• US 20140063051A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: WU, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,715,706 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application.

Claims

1. A method for rendering a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, and wherein a first subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget, and wherein said social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers;

displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application in a linear configuration; and

displaying a first image corresponding to said first social media widget, wherein said first image is adjacent to a second image of said plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application.

2. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a user has an account with one or more social media websites; and

automatically adding a respective widget to said social media multimedia container for each social media application corresponding to said one or more social media websites which said user has an account.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said linear configuration is a vertical configuration.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object corresponds to a piece of content, and said method further comprises:

displaying a third image corresponding to said piece of content adjacent to said first image.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said first social media application corresponds to a social networking website.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said second social media application corresponds to a microblogging website.

7. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said plurality of objects further comprises a third social media application, wherein said third social media application corresponds to a social visual bookmarking website.

8. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for rendering a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, and wherein a first subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of said plurality of objects comprises a social media widget, and wherein said social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers;

determining whether a user has an account with a social media website;

automatically adding a social media widget to said social media multimedia container for a social media application corresponding to said social media website which said user has an account;

displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application in a vertical configuration at a left portion of a display device; and

displaying a first image corresponding to a social media widget, wherein said first image is adjacent to a second image of said plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application.

9. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object corresponds to a piece of content, and said method further comprises:

displaying a third image corresponding to said piece of content adjacent to said first image.

10. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said first social media application corresponds to a social networking website.

11. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said second social media application corresponds to a microblogging website.

12. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said plurality of objects further comprises a third social media application, wherein said third social media application corresponds to a social visual bookmarking website.

13. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said social media multimedia container further comprises a third object corresponding to a voice-over-IP (VOIP) service application.

14. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said second subset of objects comprises a second social media widget and wherein said method further comprises:

displaying a third image corresponding to said second social media widget adjacent to said first plurality of images.

15. A system for displaying a graphical user interface, said system comprising:

a data store access module operable to access a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, and wherein a first subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of said plurality of objects comprises a social media widget, and wherein said social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers;

a display module operable to display a first plurality of images each corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application in a vertical configuration at a left portion of a display device and further operable to display a first image corresponding to said social media widget, wherein said first image is adjacent to a second image of said plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application;

an account determination module operable to determine whether a user has an account with one or more social media websites; and

a widget addition module operable to add a respective widget to said social media multimedia container for each social media application corresponding to said one or more social media websites which said user has an account.

16. The system as described in claim 15, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object corresponds to a piece of content, and said display module is operable to display a third image corresponding to said piece of content adjacent to said first image.

17. The system as described in claim 15, wherein said first social media application corresponds to a social networking website.

18. The system as described in claim 15, wherein said second social media application corresponds to a microblogging website.

19. The system as described in claim 15, wherein said plurality of objects further comprises a third social media application, wherein said third social media application corresponds to a social visual bookmarking website.

20. The system as described in claim 15, wherein said second subset of objects comprises a second widget and wherein said display module is operable to display a third image corresponding to said second widget adjacent to said first plurality of images, and wherein said third image corresponding to said second widget is operable to comprise a selected update from a social media website viewable without launching a social media application or logging into a social media website.