ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACES

• US 20150347097A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Drukman, Maxwell Oliver, Cathey, Kevin, Ricciardi, Antonio, Hess, Jonathan Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 10,120,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/0484 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 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for creating and displaying adaptive user interfaces are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a user interface by an application development environment, the application development environment providing the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value. The method then includes creating an application including the user interface wherein the application is configured to: determine a screen size of a device, the screen size including a first abstracted size class value and a second abstracted size class value; adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size class value and the second abstracted size class value; and display the adapted user interface on the device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a user interface by an application development environment, the application development environment providing the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value;

creating an application including the user interface wherein the application is configured to;

determine a screen size of a device, the screen size including a first abstracted size class value and a second abstracted size class value;

adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size class value and the second abstracted size class value; and

display the adapted user interface on the device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein creating the application further includes:

creating instructions to override the adapted user interface with a modified user interface wherein the determined screen size of the device includes a first predetermined abstracted size class value.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the instructions to override the adapted user interface with the modified user interface include instructions to change color, text, element location, or removing of an element.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the user interface includes a multi-pane interface and the override instructions only apply to one pane within the multi-pane interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first abstracted size class value or the second abstracted size class value is defined as a compact or regular abstracted size class value.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first abstracted size class value is a width of the screen size of the device and the second abstracted size class value is a height of the screen size of the device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first abstracted size class value and second abstracted size class value define a circular screen size.

8. A system comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a user interface by an application development environment, the application development environment providing the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value;

creating an application including the user interface wherein the application is configured to;

determine a screen size of a device, the screen size including a first abstracted size class value and a second abstracted size class value;

adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size class value and the second abstracted size class value; and

display the adapted user interface on the device.

9. The system of claim 8, the operations to create the application further including:

creating instructions to override the adapted user interface with a modified user interface wherein the determined screen size of the device includes a first predetermined abstracted size class value.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions to override the adapted user interface with the modified user interface include instructions to change color, text, element location, or removing of an element.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the user interface includes a multi-pane interface and the override instructions only apply to one pane within the multi-pane interface.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first abstracted size class value or the second abstracted size class value is defined as a compact or regular abstracted size class value.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first abstracted size class value is a width of the screen size of the device and the second abstracted size class value is a height of the screen size of the device.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user interface by an application development environment, the application development environment providing the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value;

creating an application including the user interface wherein the application is configured to;

determine a screen size of a device, the screen size including a first abstracted size class value and a second abstracted size class value;

adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size class value and the second abstracted size class value; and

display the adapted user interface on the device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

creating instructions to override the adapted user interface with a modified user interface wherein the determined screen size of the device includes a first predetermined abstracted size class value.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions to override the adapted user interface with the modified user interface include instructions to change color, text, element location, or removing of an element.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the user interface includes a multi-pane interface and the override instructions only apply to one pane within the multi-pane interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the first abstracted size class value or the second abstracted size class value is defined as a compact or regular abstracted size class value.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the first abstracted size class value is a width of the screen size of the device and the second abstracted size class value is a height of the screen size of the device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the first abstracted size class value and second abstracted size class value define a circular screen size.