METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VISUAL SET OPERATIONS TO MODIFY AND GENERATE LISTS

• US 20140092126A1
• Filed: 10/02/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: PASQUERO, Jerome, PAPO, Aleksandar, McCULLOCH McKENZIE, Donald Somerset
• Granted Patent: US 9,348,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

A device, method and system or performing visual set operations to modify and generate lists, and methods thereof are provided. Provided at a display of a device, are: a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and a second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements. Via a processor of the device, the graphical intersection is separated from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or more additional lists comprising a respective one of: the common elements the first list minus the common elements; and, the second list minus the common elements.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor and a display, the processor enabled to;

provide, at the display, a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and to second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements; and

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separate the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or more additional lists comprising a respective one of;

the common elements;

the first list minus the common elements; and

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the second list minus the common elements.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising one or more of:

a memory storing one or more of the first list and the second list; and

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a communication interface enabled to communicate with a server storing one or more of the first list and the second list, wherein generation of the one or more additional lists occurs at the server is exchange of data with the device, the data indicative of (me or more of the first list and the second list, and separation of the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further enabled to alter the appearance of the first graphical representation to be indicative of the first list minus the common elements, then the graphical intersection is separated there from.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further enabled to alter the appearance of the second graphical representation to be indicative of the second list minus the common elements, when the graphical intersection is separated there from.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further enabled to alter the appearance of the graphical intersection to be indicative of the common elements, when the graphical intersection is separated there from.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein separating the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation comprises a visual set operation, and generating one or more additional lists based on the separating comprises a corresponding set operation.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further enabled to identify the common elements of the first list and the second list based on respective fields of elements of each of the first list and the second list.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein a size of one or more of the first graphical representation, the second graphical representation and the graphical intersection is indicative of a respective number of elements in the first list, the second list and the common dements.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation comprises one or more of a Venn diagram, as geometric object, a circle, a square, a triangle and an irregular geometric object.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the first graphical representation, the second graphical representation, and the graphical intersection are provided at the display in association with one or more of an application input field, a PIM (personal information manager) input field, a messaging application, address field, search application input field, a filtering application input field, a contact application input field, a database input field, and a permission management application input field.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further enabled to:

provide, at the display, textual indications of each of the first list and the second list, with a visual actuator for entering a visual set operation mode; and

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provide the first graphical representation indicative and the second graphical representation when actuation input is received indicating visual actuator has been actuated.

12. A method comprising:

providing, at a display of a device, a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and a second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements; and

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separating, via a processor of the device, the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or inure additional lists comprising a respective one of;

the common elements;

the first list minus the common elements; and

,

the second list minus the common elements.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising one or more of:

storing one or more of the first list and the second list at a memory of the device; and

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communicating, via a communication, interlace of the device, with a server storing one or more of the first list and the second list, wherein generation of the one or more additional lists occurs at the server via exchange of data with the device, the data indicative of one or more of the first list and the second list, and separation of the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising altering the appearance of the first graphical representation to be indicative of the first list minus the common elements, when the graphical intersection is separated there from.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising altering the appearance of the second graphical representation to be indicative of the second list minus the common elements, when the graphical intersection is separated there from.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising, altering the appearance of the graphical intersection to be indicative of the common elements, when the graphical intersection is separated there from.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the separating the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation comprises a visual set operation, and the generating one or more additional lists based on the separating comprises a corresponding set operation.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising identifying the common elements of the first list and the second list based on respective fields of elements of each of the first list and the second list.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein a size of one or more of the first graphical representation, the second graphical representation and the graphical intersection is indicative of a respective number of elements in the first list, the second list and the common elements.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation comprises one or more of a Venn diagram, a geometric object, a circle, a square, a triangle and an irregular geometric object.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the first graphical representation, the second graphical representation, and the graphical intersection are provided at the display in association with one or more of an application input field, a PIM (personal information manager) input field, a messaging application address field, search application input field, a filtering application input field, a contact application input field, a database input field, and a permission management application input field.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing, at the display, textual indications of each of the first list and the second list, with a visual actuator for entering a visual set operation mode; and

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providing the first graphical representation indicative and the second graphical representation when actuation input is received indicating visual actuator has been actuated.

23. A non-transitory computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

providing, at a display of a device, a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and a second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements; and

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separating, via a processor of the device, the graphical intersection from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or more additional lists comprising a respective one of;

the common elements;

the first list minus the common elements; and

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the second list minus the common elements.