CONTENT NAVIGATION STRUCTURE AND TRANSITION MECHANISM

• US 20150067582A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Storehouse Media, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Storehouse Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Kawano, Mark, Donnelly, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US14/018,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A method of content presentation on a device is disclosed. The method includes: presenting a media presentation structure through a view window on a display screen of the device, wherein the media presentation structure includes multiple presentation layers; detecting a navigation command through an input stream from an input hardware of the device, wherein the navigation command enables the view window to traverse through presentation of a first presentation layer of the media presentation structure; determining when the navigation command indicates a layer transition from the first presentation layer to a second presentation layer by determining whether the navigation command exceeds a limit of the first presentation layer; and rendering a transition sequence of the layer transition when the layer transition is indicated.

Claims

1. A method, implemented on a device having a touchscreen, comprising:

presenting a media presentation structure through a view window on the touch screen of the device, wherein the media presentation structure includes multiple presentation layers;

detecting a gesture through a touch event stream from the touchscreen of the device while the media presentation structure is engaged in a first presentation layer of the multiple presentation layers;

determining whether a layer transition occurs based on a characteristic of the gesture and a position of the first presentation layer relative to the view window; and

rendering a transition sequence when the layer transition is indicated, wherein the transition sequence includes resizing at least a portion of the first presentation layer such that elements of both the first presentation layer and a second presentation layer is visible during the transition sequence.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a swiping gesture;

wherein the first presentation layer is navigable along a first dimension; and

wherein determining whether the layer transition occurs is by;

calculating a traversal vector based on a motion of the gesture; and

determining whether the traversal vector is orthogonal to the first dimension of navigation for first presentation layer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a swiping gesture;

wherein the first presentation layer is navigable along a first dimension;

wherein determining whether the layer transition occurs is by;

calculating a navigational movement to scroll through the first presentation layer relative to the view window based on a motion of the gesture; and

determining whether a boundary of the first presentation layer is bordering the view window and that the navigational movement moves the boundary within the view window.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a pinching gesture associated with a zoom command;

wherein determining whether the layer transition occurs is by determining whether the zoom command exceeds a zooming boundary of the first presentation layer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering a sneak preview of the second presentation layer for a duration of the gesture when the layer transition is not indicated.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple presentation layers includes a container shelf layer presenting at least a content container as an element and a content container layer presenting at least a cover and a media object as elements;

wherein the transition sequence visualizes a gradual shift between the container shelf layer and the content container layer.

7. A method, implemented on a device having a display screen, comprising:

presenting a media presentation structure through a view window on the display screen of the device, wherein the media presentation structure includes multiple presentation layers;

detecting a navigation command through an input stream from an input hardware of the device, wherein the navigation command enables the view window to traverse through presentation of a first presentation layer of the media presentation structure;

determining when the navigation command indicates a layer transition from the first presentation layer to a second presentation layer by determining whether the navigation command exceeds a limit of the first presentation layer; and

rendering a transition sequence of the layer transition when the layer transition is indicated.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the multiple presentation layers of the media presentation structure is organized hierarchically enabling navigation from one layer down or up to another hierarchically.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the transition sequence includes animating a shared element included in both the first presentation layer and the second presentation layer.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein rendering the transition sequence includes re-sizing display of the first presentation layer.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein rendering the transition sequence includes sliding a cover over the first presentation layer.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein rendering the transition sequence includes rendering the first presentation layer as a two dimensional sheet in a three dimensional space and tilting the first presentation layer in the three dimensional space.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein rendering the transition sequence includes rendering the second presentation layer as a two dimensional sheet in a three dimensional space and tilting the second presentation layer in the three dimensional space.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the transition sequence is rendered when continuous user engagement is detected from the input stream for a pre-determined duration of the transition sequence.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein presenting the media presentation structure includes rendering the first presentation layer in a three dimensional space and presenting the second presentation layer in a two dimensional space, or vice versa.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein the first presentation layer includes a cover page;

and wherein the transition sequence includes tilting and re-sizing of the cover page.

17. A content presentation system comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions;

wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, are configured to;

present a media presentation structure through a view window on the display screen of the device, wherein the media presentation structure includes multiple presentation layers;

detect a navigation command through an input stream from an input hardware of the device, wherein the navigation command enables the view window to traverse through presentation of a first presentation layer of the media presentation structure;

determine when the navigation command indicates a layer transition from the first presentation layer to a second presentation layer by determining whether the navigation command exceeds a virtual limit of the first presentation layer; and

render a transition sequence of the layer transition when the layer transition is indicated.

18. The content presentation system of claim 17, wherein the transition sequence includes tilting a content container cover in the first presentation layer when resizing the content container cover.

19. The content presentation system of claim 17, further comprising a touch screen to detect a touch event stream on the content presentation system;

and wherein the navigation command is associated with a gesture determined from the touch event stream.

20. The content presentation system of claim 19, wherein the first presentation layer is primarily navigable along a first dimension through the touch screen and the second presentation layer is primarily navigable along a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension.