METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GRAPHICALLY ENHANCING THE USER INTERFACE OF A DEVICE

• US 20140359520A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Cerny, Karoline, Janssen, Karen, Rovati, Elena, Neubert, Tanja
• Granted Patent: US 9,575,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting information relating to two or more applications on a partitioned display of a device. In particular, the method of example embodiments may include partitioning, by a processor, a display into a first region and a second region, where the first region is associated with a first application and the second region is associated with a second application. The method may further include providing for display of the first application across the first region and the second region, providing for display of a notification related to the first application in the first region, and providing for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

partitioning, by a processor, a display into a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is associated with a first application and the second region is associated with a second application;

providing for display of the first application across the first region and the second region;

providing for display of a notification related to the first application in the first region; and

providing for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for display of the first application across the first region and the second region comprises providing for display of the first application across the first region and the second region in response to receiving a selection of the first application as a primary application.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein providing for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region comprises providing for display of a notification to appear superimposed over the primary application in the second region.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing for display of an indication of an identity related to the first application in the first region; and

providing for display of an indication of an identity related to the second application in the second region.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the indication of the identity of the second application in the second region is replaced by a notification related to the second application in response to providing for display of the notification related to the second application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing for display of the second application across the first region and the second region in response to the second application being selected as a primary application.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first region is associated with the first application and a plurality of other applications different from the second application, the method further comprising providing for display of a notification related to one of the plurality of other applications in the first region.

8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

partition a display into a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is associated with a first application and the second region is associated with a second application;

provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region;

provide for display of a notification related to the first application in the first region; and

provide for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein causing the apparatus to provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region comprises causing the apparatus to provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region in response to receiving a selection of the first application as a primary application.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein causing the apparatus to provide for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region comprises causing the apparatus to provide for display of a notification to appear superimposed over the primary application in the second region.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for display of an indication of an identity related to the first application in the first region; and

provide for display of an indication of an identity related to the second application in the second region.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the indication of the identity of the second application in the second region is replaced by a notification related to the second application in response to the apparatus being caused to provide for display of the notification related to the second application.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to provide for display of the second application across the first region and the second region in response to the second application being selected as a primary application.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first region is associated with the first application and a plurality of other applications different from the second application, wherein the apparatus is further caused to provide for display of a notification related to one of the plurality of other applications in the first region.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions to partition a display into a first region and a second region wherein the first region is associated with a first application and the second region is associated with a second application;

program code instructions to provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region;

program code instructions to provide for display of a notification related to the first application in the first region; and

program code instructions to provide for display of a notification related to the second application in the second region.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the program code instructions to provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region comprises computer program code to provide for display of the first application across the first region and the second region in response to receiving a selection of the first application as a primary application.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program code instructions to provide for display of an indication of an identity related to the first application in the first region; and

program code instructions to provide for display of an indication of an identity related to the second application in the second region.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer program code to replace the indication of the identity of the second application with a notification related to the second application in response to the execution of the program code instructions to provide for display of a notification related to the second application.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program code instructions to provide for display of the second application across the first region and the second region in response to the second application being selected as the primary application.

20. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the first region is associated with the first application and a plurality of other applications different from the second application, the computer program product further comprising program code instructions to provide for display of a notification related to one of the plurality of other applications in the first region.