User interface

• US 7,984,381 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Majava, Laura
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu; Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hope; Darrin
• Application Number:
  US11/085,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20060236266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,314 Days
• Field of Search: 715/767, 715/764, 715/810, 715/725, 715/856
• US Class Current: 715/767
• 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: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A user interface with a display and user input for a mobile telephone that provides a set of icons or other user selectable objects in a number of different idle mode screens. The user interface has two modes. In a focused mode, the user input can change focus so that the user can focus and select a desired object from a presented idle mode screen. In a non-focused mode, none of the objects is focused. Instead of changing the focus from one object to another, the user input now can change the idle mode screen itself so that different predefined contents can be accessed with a limited user input.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a single presentation page of two or more available presentation pages, where the single displayed presentation page comprises content comprising a plurality of displayed objects, one of which the display is configured to present as a focused object;

a user input configured to detect at least one user selected navigation command; and

a controller configured to change the operation of the apparatus between a focused mode and a non-focused mode so that

in the focused mode the at least one detected user selected navigation command is configured to select a displayed object of the single displayed presentation page as the focused object, and

in the non-focused mode the same at least one detected user selected navigation command is configured to switch the single displayed presentation page to another one of the two or more available presentation pages.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 embodied in at least one of a mobile telephone, television, set top box, personal computer, Personal Digital Assistant or a gaming device.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change the operation of the apparatus from focused mode to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change the operation of the apparatus from non-focused mode to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the two or more available presentation pages is from a set of different presentation pages, whereby each of the different presentation pages contain different content including user selectable objects.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the non-focused mode the user input is configured to enable navigating between the presentation pages so that each presentation page is mapped to a corresponding navigation command.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of receiving user instructions and of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode responsive to the user instructions.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the same user input causes the focused object to change when the apparatus is operating in a focused mode and causes the presentation page to change when the apparatus is operating in a non-focused mode.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, where in the non-focused mode none of the objects of the displayed presentation page is focused.

11. A controller for controlling a device, comprising:

a display configured to display a single presentation page of two or more available presentation pages, where the single displayed presentation page comprises content comprising a plurality of displayed objects, one of which the display is configured to present as a focused object;

a user input configured to detect at least one user selected navigation commands; and

the controller is configured to change the operation of the device between a focused mode and a non-focused mode so that

in the focused mode the at least one detected user selected navigation command is configured to select a displayed object of the single displayed presentation page as the focused object, and

in the non-focused mode the same at least one detected user selected navigation command is configured to switch the single displayed presentation page to another one of the two or more available presentation pages.

12. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from focused mode to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

13. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from non-focused mode to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

14. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to provide, when the device is idle, the presentation page out of the two or more presentation pages, whereby each of the different presentation pages contain different content including user selectable objects.

15. The controller according to claim 11, where in the non-focused mode none of the objects of the displayed presentation page is focused.

16. A memory medium encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform the actions for controlling a device comprising:

displaying a single presentation page of two or more available presentation pages, where the single displayed presentation page comprises content comprising a plurality of displayed objects, from which one of the displayed objects is presented as a focused object;

detecting at least one user selected navigation commands on the device; and

enabling the device to change its operation of the device between a focused mode and a non-focused mode where

in the focused mode a displayed object of the displayed presentation page presented as a focused object is changed to another displayed object of the single displayed presentation page being presented as the focused object in response to the detected user selected navigation commands, and where

in the non-focused mode the single displayed presentation page is switched to another one of the two or more available presentation pages in response to the same user selected navigation command.

17. The memory medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 16, further comprising changing the operation of the device from focused mode to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

18. The memory medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 16, further comprising changing the operation of the device from non-focused mode to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

19. The memory medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 16, further comprising enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode.

20. The memory medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 16, further comprising receiving user instructions and of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode responsive to the user instructions.

21. The memory medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 16, where in the non-focused mode none of the objects of the displayed presentation page is focused.

22. A method comprising:

displaying a single presentation page of two or more available presentation pages on a device where the single displayed presentation page comprises content comprising a plurality of displayed objects, from which one of the displayed objects is presented as a focused object;

detecting at least one user selected navigation commands on the device; and

changing the operation of the device between a focused mode and a non-focused mode where

in the focused mode a displayed object of the displayed presentation page presented as a focused object is changed to another displayed object of the single displayed presentation page being presented as the focused object in response to the detected user selected navigation commands, and where

in the non-focused mode the single displayed presentation page is switched to another one of the two or more available presentation pages in response to the same user selected navigation command.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein changing the operation of the device from focused mode to non-focused mode is in response to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

24. The method according to claim 22, wherein changing the operation of the device from non-focused mode to focused mode is in response to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

25. The method according to claim 22, wherein the displayed presentation page is from a set of different presentation pages, and wherein the different presentation pages comprise different content including user selectable objects.

26. The method according to claim 22, wherein the display is configured to display the presentation page from a set of different presentation pages when the device is idle and wherein the non-focused mode the user input is configured to enable navigating between the different presentation pages so that a navigation command changes a presented presentation page to another one dependent on the currently presented presentation page.

27. The method according to claim 22, wherein the non-focused mode the user input is enabled to navigate between the different presentation pages so that each presentation page is mapped to a corresponding navigation command.

28. The method according to claim 22, wherein the same user input causes the focused object to change when operating in a focused mode and causes the presentation page to change when operating in a non-focused mode.

29. The method according to claim 22, where in the non-focused mode none of the objects of the displayed presentation page is focused.