User interface for mobile devices

• US 7,779,370 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Baluja, Shumeet, Kamvar, Maryam, Mavinkurve, Sanjay
• Primary Examiner(s): Basehoar; Adam L
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATTERSON, YASIN K
• Application Number:
  US11/478,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/767, 715/784, 715/785
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of displaying information on a mobile device is discussed. The method includes displaying on the mobile device a first view having a first search result element in an expanded format and a plurality of additional search result elements in a collapsed format, receiving a user input that identifies a selected search result element from the plurality of additional search result elements, and in response to the user input, displaying on the mobile device a second view having one of the plurality of additional search result elements in an expanded format, and the remainder of the plurality of additional search result elements in a collapsed format.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of displaying information on a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display screen of a mobile computing device, a list of search results that are vertically arranged so that each of the search results is above or below another search result, with (a) a first search result in the list in an expanded format in which the first search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding first landing page and content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page, in distinction to a display of all content from the first landing page, and (b) remaining search results in the list in a collapsed format in which each remaining search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding landing page, but each remaining search result does not display content extracted from a sub-portion of the corresponding landing page;

receiving a user input indicating an intent to move a focus from the first search result to a second search result in the list of vertically arranged search results; and

in response to receiving the user input, displaying the first search result in the collapsed format, and displaying the second search result in the expanded format,

wherein user selection of one of the search results in the list causes the mobile computing device to navigate to a landing page that corresponds to the selected result;

wherein the presenting the list of search results includes presenting, in a first view of a search results page provided on the display screen in response to the user submitting a search query, a portion of the search results page that is pre-scrolled to the list of search results so that a search button on the search results page for initiating a search is not presented for initial display.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the user input includes receiving an indication that a user of the mobile computing device pressed a directional button on a keypad of the mobile computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein the user selection of the one search result, when the one search result is displayed in the expanded format, causes the device to navigate to the landing page for the one search result;

and

further comprising receiving a different form of user input, when the one search result is displayed in the collapsed format, that causes the device to navigate to the landing page corresponding to the search result without providing a display of the search result in the expanded format.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the different form of user input is a user selection of a button on the mobile computing device, wherein the button and the search result each include a display of a same indicia, and wherein each search result is associated with a display of a different indicia.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the indicia is a number.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page is displayed vertically above or below other of the search results.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page is not displayed horizontally to the side of other of the search results.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presenting, receiving, and displaying is performed by a server system or a mobile computing device.

9. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, perform a method comprising:

presenting, on a display screen of a mobile computing device, a list of search results that are vertically arranged so that each of the search results is above or below another search result, with (a) a first search result in the list in an expanded format in which the first search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding first landing page and content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page, in distinction to a display of all content from the first landing page, and (b) remaining search results in the list in a collapsed format in which each remaining search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding landing page, but each remaining search result does not display content extracted from a sub-portion of the corresponding landing page;

receiving a user input indicating an intent to move a focus from the first search result to a second search result in the list of vertically arranged search results; and

in response to receiving the user input, displaying the first search result in the collapsed format, and displaying the second search result in the expanded format,

wherein user selection of one of the search results in the list causes the mobile computing device to navigate to a landing page that corresponds to the selected result;

wherein the presenting the list of search results includes presenting, in a first view of a search results page provided on the display screen in response to the user submitting a search query, a portion of the search results page that is pre-scrolled to the list of search results so that a search button on the search results page for initiating a search is not presented for initial display.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the receiving the user input includes receiving an indication that a user of the mobile computing device pressed a directional button on a keypad of the mobile computing device.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9,

wherein the user selection of the one search result, when the one search result is displayed in the expanded format, causes the device to navigate to the landing page for the one search result;

and

further comprising receiving a different form of user input, when the one search result is displayed in the collapsed format, that causes the device to navigate to the landing page corresponding to the search result without providing a display of the search result in the expanded format.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the different form of user input is a user selection of a button on the mobile computing device, wherein the button and the search result each include a display of a same indicia, and wherein each search result is associated with a display of a different indicia.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the indicia is a number.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page is displayed vertically above or below other of the search results.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page is not displayed horizontally to the side of other of the search results.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the presenting, receiving, and displaying is performed by a server system or a mobile computing device.

17. A system comprising:

a mobile computing device to (i) receive a search query from a user of the mobile computing device, (ii) present on a display screen of the mobile computing device a list of search results that are vertically arranged so that each of the search results is above or below another search result, with (a) a first search result in the list in an expanded format in which the first search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding first landing page and content extracted from a sub-portion of the first landing page, in distinction to a display of all from the landing page, and (b) remaining search results in the list in a collapsed format in which each remaining search result displays a title that is descriptive of a corresponding landing page, but each remaining search result does not display content extracted from a sub-portion of the corresponding landing page; and

(iii) receive user input indicating an intent to move a focus from the first search result to a second search result in the list of vertically arranged search results; and

means for displaying the first search result in the collapsed format, and displaying the second search result in the expanded format in response to receiving the user input indicating the intent to move the focus from the first search result to the second search result;

wherein the presenting the list of search results includes presenting, in a first view of a search results page provided on the display screen in response to the user submitting a search query, a portion of the search results page that is pre-scrolled to the list of search results so that a search button on the search results page for initiating a search is not presented for initial display.