High density information presentation using space-constrained display device
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1. A portable device comprising:
- a space-constrained display including a two-dimensional array of display elements suitable for simultaneously presenting plural visual indications displaced throughout at least a portion thereof;
a communications interface to a telecommunications network, the communications interface coupled to the space-constrained display and allowing the portable device to receive information encoding one or more user-defined external states and to update respective ones of the visual indications based on respective user-defined associations with the external states; and
a user interface component, including instructions executable on the portable device to present on the space-constrained display a mechanism for specifying a display configuration for presenting a first of the visual indications, associating the first visual indication with a first user-defined external state, and establishing a user-defined operation for monitoring the first user-defined external state.
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Abstract
A high-density information presentation is provided on a space-constrained display device by associating individual display indications with user-definable states. For example, using a portion of a space-constrained display of a mobile phone, pager personal digital assistant, or other portable device, one or more external states may be presented as a simple graphical or character indication that corresponds, in a user-defined way, to the external state or states. In general, implementations allow monitoring and access of a large amount of data on a space-constrained display device. Usability problems associated with traditional systems that split data access and navigation over paged small screens are generally avoided.
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1. A portable device comprising:
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a space-constrained display including a two-dimensional array of display elements suitable for simultaneously presenting plural visual indications displaced throughout at least a portion thereof; a communications interface to a telecommunications network, the communications interface coupled to the space-constrained display and allowing the portable device to receive information encoding one or more user-defined external states and to update respective ones of the visual indications based on respective user-defined associations with the external states; and a user interface component, including instructions executable on the portable device to present on the space-constrained display a mechanism for specifying a display configuration for presenting a first of the visual indications, associating the first visual indication with a first user-defined external state, and establishing a user-defined operation for monitoring the first user-defined external state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of presenting information on a space-constrained display of a portable device, the method comprising:
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establishing a user-defined external state; establishing a user-defined operation for monitoring the user-defined external state; establishing a user-specified display configuration; and updating the display to indicate data underlying the monitored user-defined external state in response to an information encoding thereof received via a telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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means for presenting a first visual indication on a display device; means for specifying a display configuration for presentation of the first visual indication; means for associating, based on a user selection, the first visual indication with a state external to the apparatus; and means for receiving an information encoding corresponding to data underlying the external state and for updating the first visual indication based thereon; means for ascertaining the data underlying the external state and for communicating the information encoding corresponding thereto; means for presenting a second visual indication on a display device; means for specifying a display configuration for presentation of the second visual indication; and means for associating the second visual indication with the external state, the second indication providing textual description rendered in response to selection, at the portable device, of the first visual indication, the first visual indication comprising a graphical or character indication. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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