PRESENTING ELEMENTS BASED ON CONFIGURATION OF DEVICE

• US 20150261423A1
• Filed: 03/11/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Beaumont, Suzanne Marion, VanBlon, Russell Speight, Plaskonos, Paul, Heim, Jon Wayne, Davis, Greyson Craig, Krynock, Mark David
• Granted Patent: US 10,338,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1618 the display being foldable up to the back of the other housing with a single degree of freedom, e.g. by 360° rotation over the axis defined by the rear edge of the base enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In one aspect, an apparatus includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display from a first presentation to a second presentation.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a touch-enabled display;

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration; and

at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display relative to its presentation prior to the first determination, the element associated with an application, the change in presentation being from a first presentation to a second presentation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

at least in part based on the second determination, present the element in the second presentation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

present a prompt on the touch-enabled display for whether to present the element in the second presentation.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

receive input to present the element in the second presentation, and responsive to the input to present the element in the second presentation, present the element in the second presentation; and

receive input to not present the element in the second presentation, and responsive to the input to not present the element in the second presentation, present the element in the first presentation.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to determine the at least one change in presentation of the element at least in part based on a current location of the apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to determine the at least one change in presentation of the element at least in part based on a previous location of the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to determine the at least one change in presentation of the element at least in part based on time of day.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to determine the at least one change in presentation of the element at least in part based on proximity of at least one device other than the apparatus.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to determine the at least one change in presentation of the element at least in part based on a history associated with the application.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to make the first determination at least in part based on a third determination that the application has launched a threshold number of launches each within a threshold time following a transition to one of the laptop configuration and tablet configuration.

11. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the instructions are further executable to automatically launch the application without further user input to launch the application.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the element is selected from the group consisting of:

a tile, an icon, a widget, a toolbar.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

at least in part based on the first determination, make a third determination of at least one change in presentation of a home screen from a first home screen presentation to a second home screen presentation, and present the home screen in the second home screen presentation, wherein the home screen contains the element.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the application is associated with the tablet configuration;

wherein the first determination is selected from the group consisting of a determination that the apparatus is being transitioned to the tablet configuration, a determination that the apparatus has been transitioned to the tablet configuration;

wherein the second determination is to present the element in the second presentation; and

wherein the element is not presented in the first presentation.

15. A method, comprising:

making a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration;

presenting an element in a first presentation on a touch-enabled display in response to the first determination being a determination that the device is being or has been transitioned to the tablet configuration; and

presenting the element in a second presentation on the touch-enabled display in response to the first determination being a determination that the device is being or has been transitioned to the laptop configuration;

wherein the first presentation is different from the second presentation.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the element in the first presentation is relatively larger in at least one dimension relative to the element in the second presentation.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the element in the first presentation is relatively more centrally disposed on the touch-enabled display relative to at least one edge of the touch-enabled display than in the second presentation.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

determine a change in physical orientation of a first portion of the apparatus relative to a second portion of the apparatus; and

change the appearance of an element presented on a display at least in part responsive to the determination of a change in physical orientation of the first portion relative to the second portion.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

a first panel at least bearing a touch-enabled display, the first portion comprising the first panel;

a second panel at least bearing a keyboard, the second portion comprising the second panel.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to change the appearance of the element at least in part responsive to the determination of change in physical orientation of the first portion relative to the second portion, and at least in part responsive to a determination that the element has been selected a threshold amount of selections each within a threshold time of one or more previous changes in physical orientation.