Progressively Indicating New Content in an Application-Selectable User Interface

• US 20150378594A1
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Zaman, Nazia, Donahue, Tyler J., Ray, Ethan Nelson, Velasco, Maverick J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,254,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/156 Query results presentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

This document describes techniques for progressively indicating new content in an application-selectable user interface. These techniques permit a user to view indications of new content for applications progressively, rather than all at one time. By so doing, the techniques may avoid mentally or visually overloading or over-stimulating a user viewing the indications.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer-readable storage memories having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, perform operations comprising;

presenting, at the computing device and in a visible region of an interface, a set of tiles associated with a set of applications, the interface having the visible region and a non-visible region containing tiles associated with applications, each tile of the tiles configured to present new content or updates for its respective application;

receiving a gesture input, the gesture input having an inertia;

determining, based on the inertia of the gesture, a portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented in response to receipt of the gesture;

presenting, responsive to the determining, the determined portion of the non-visible region.

2. A computing device as described in claim 1, wherein the determining the portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented is based on a determined ending point of the gesture based on the inertia.

3. A computing device as described in claim 2, wherein the determined ending point of the gesture is determined by a real-world physics calculation in which the gesture is assigned, for calculation purposes, a mass, velocity, and friction.

4. A computing device as described in claim 2, wherein the determined ending point is a particular portion of the non-visible region of the interface.

5. A computing device as described in claim 4, further comprising presenting, responsive to the determining, the particular portion of the non-visible region.

6. A computing device as described in claim 1, further comprising:

determining, at the computing device, a subset of the tiles in the portion of the non-visible region having new content available for presentation;

pre-rendering the new content of the determined tiles; and

rendering, simultaneously with the presenting the determined portion of the non-visible region, the pre-rendered new content in the determined tiles.

7. A computing device as described in claim 1, further comprising a touch-sensitive device, wherein the gesture is received through the touch-sensitive input device.

8. A computing device as described in claim 1, wherein the gesture is received through a motion-sensitive input device.

9. A computing device as described in claim 1, wherein the gesture is received through a mouse-entered selection.

10. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting, at a computing device and in a visible region of an interface, a set of tiles associated with a set of applications, the interface having the visible region and a non-visible region containing tiles associated with applications, each tile of the tiles configured to present new content or updates for its respective application;

receiving a gesture input, the gesture input having an inertia;

determining, based on the inertia of the gesture, a portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented in response to receipt of the gesture;

presenting, responsive to the determining, the determined portion of the non-visible region.

11. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 10, wherein the determining the portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented is based on a determined ending point of the gesture based on the inertia.

12. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 11, wherein the ending point of the gesture is determined by a real-world physics calculation in which the gesture is assigned, for calculation purposes, a mass, velocity, and friction.

13. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 11, wherein the determined ending point is a particular portion of the non-visible region of the interface.

14. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 13, further comprising presenting, responsive to the determining, the particular portion of the non-visible region.

15. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 10, further comprising:

determining, at the computing device, a subset of the tiles in the portion of the non-visible region having new content available for presentation;

pre-rendering the new content of the determined tiles; and

rendering, simultaneously with the presenting the determined portion of the non-visible region, the pre-rendered new content in the determined tiles.

16. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 10, wherein the gesture is received through a touch-sensitive input device associated with the computing device.

17. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 10, wherein the gesture is received through a motion-sensitive input device.

18. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 10, wherein the gesture is received through a mouse-entered selection.

19. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer-readable storage memories having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, perform operations comprising;

presenting, at a computing device and in a visible region of an interface, a set of tiles associated with a set of applications, the interface having the visible region and a non-visible region containing tiles associated with applications, each tile of the tiles configured to present new content or updates for its respective application;

receiving a gesture input;

determining, based on the gesture input, a portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented in response to receipt of the gesture input; and

presenting, responsive to the determining, the determined portion of the non-visible region.

20. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 19, wherein the determining the portion of the non-visible region of the interface to be presented is based on a determined ending point of the gesture.