METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A LIST OF ITEMS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a list of items on an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of;
- retrieving a plurality of items to be displayed to a user,displaying the plurality of items as a list on a display screen of the device, wherein the list is displayed in a perspective view with items closer to a first edge of the display screen being shown in the foreground and being comparatively larger than items closer to a second, opposite edge of the display screen which are shown in a background, andtilting at least one of the items in the list which is displayed closest to the second edge towards a vertical orientation by a first angle relative to the perspective view of the list.
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Abstract
A method of displaying a list of items on an electronic device is provided, the method comprising the steps of retrieving a plurality of items to be displayed to a user, displaying the plurality of items as a list on a display screen of the electronic device, wherein the list is displayed in a perspective view with items closer to a first edge of the display screen being shown in the foreground and being comparatively larger than items closer to a second, opposite edge of the display screen which are shown in a background, and tilting at least one of the items in the list which is displayed closer to the second edge, towards a vertical orientation by a first angle relative to the perspective view of the list. In this embodiment, a portion of the list being displayed on the display screen may define the first edge corresponding to the edge of the display screen closest to the user, with the second edge corresponding to the edge of the display screen furthest from the user.
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1. A method of displaying a list of items on an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of;
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retrieving a plurality of items to be displayed to a user, displaying the plurality of items as a list on a display screen of the device, wherein the list is displayed in a perspective view with items closer to a first edge of the display screen being shown in the foreground and being comparatively larger than items closer to a second, opposite edge of the display screen which are shown in a background, and tilting at least one of the items in the list which is displayed closest to the second edge towards a vertical orientation by a first angle relative to the perspective view of the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for displaying a list of items on an electronic device, the system comprising;
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a retriever module operable to retrieve a plurality of items to be displayed to a user, a display module to display the plurality of items as a list, on a display screen of the electronic device, wherein the list is displayed in a perspective view with items closer to a first edge of the display screen being shown in the foreground and being comparatively larger than items closer to a second, opposite edge of the display screen which are shown in a background, and a tilt module operable to tilt at least one of the items in the list displayed closer to the second edge, towards a vertical orientation by a first angle relative to the perspective view of the list of items.
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37. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions for causing a processor to display a list of items on an electronic device comprising the computer implemented steps of;
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retrieving a plurality of items to be displayed to a user, displaying the plurality of items as a list on a display screen of the electronic device, wherein the list is displayed in a perspective view with items closer to a first edge of the display screen being shown in the foreground and being comparatively larger than items closer to a second, opposite edge of the display screen which are shown in a background, and tilting at least one of the items in the list displayed closer to the second edge, towards a vertical orientation by a first angle relative to the perspective view of the list of items.
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Specification