METHOD FOR LOCATNG REGIONS OF INTEREST IN A USER INTERFACE

• US 20140143713A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Locket IP LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Rudman, Kenneth Alan, Nadzakov, Vasil, Yeh, Roger, Badawiyeh, Basil, Diep, Dan Han, Ahmed, Samir M., Shartzer, Lee Douglas, Booth, James Earl Jr., Pickersgill, Jason Douglas, Walker, Mark Leroy, Gudorf, Gregory David, Yoon, Andrew, Pinvidic, Genevieve Marie, Forte, Dana Shawn, Bishop, John Frederick, Tran, Hao Chi, Lee, Peter S, Pettigrew, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,990,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.

Claims

1. A method for determining regions of interest in a plurality of cards comprising the steps of:

generating a plurality of cards for display;

in response to a user command, determining at least one region of interest in a first card from the plurality of cards; and

updating for display the first card from the plurality of cards to visibly show the at least one region of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one region of interest is determined from user preference information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user preference information comes from at least one of a user profile, prior user activity with media, and explicit user inputs.

4. The method of claim 1 where the updating step additionally comprises the step of moving the first card from the plurality of cards in an up or down direction to visibly show the at least one region of interest.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising the additional steps of

determining at least a second region of interest in a second card from the plurality of cards;

and

updating for display the second card from the plurality of cards to visibly show the at least second region of interest.

6. The method of claim 5 where the updating for display steps has the first card and the second card being moved in opposite directions when visibly showing the first and second regions of interest.

7. The method of claim 5 where the updating for display steps have the first and second cards being moved in the same direction when visibly showing the first and second regions of interest.

8. The method of claim 1 comprising the additional steps of:

determining a second card from the plurality of cards has a second region of interest, where the second card is not present in a display area; and

generating for display the second card by removing from the display area a third card from the plurality of cards that is determined not to have a corresponding region of interest.

9. A method for determining regions of interest in a plurality of windows comprising the steps of:

generating a plurality of windows for display;

in response to a user command, determining at least one region of interest in a first window from the plurality of windows; and

updating for display the first card from the plurality of cards to visibly show the at least one region of interest.