Flexible home page layout for mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, the method comprising steps of:
- displaying an active viewing space on the touch panel display, the active viewing space being divided into at least three display panes and exhibiting a point of intersection of boundaries of the display panes;
displaying a different respective page in each display pane of the active viewing space on the touch panel display;
detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection on the touch panel display;
responsive to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching, moving the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount;
reducing size of at least two of the display panes and an amount of the respective pages displayed therein in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display; and
concurrently increasing size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in each increased size display pane in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display.
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Abstract
The flexible user interface layout includes a split-screen display that provides flexibility in determining which information will be displayed on the screen, such as a home page. The screen may be divided into display panes in which a user may drag a center point or node of intersection to increase the size of a selected display pane, while reducing the size of at least some of the other display panes. Each display pane may contain a different page selected by the user, or displayed by default. The pages may also be customizable such that the user can create pages and select which content to display on a particular page.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, the method comprising steps of:
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displaying an active viewing space on the touch panel display, the active viewing space being divided into at least three display panes and exhibiting a point of intersection of boundaries of the display panes; displaying a different respective page in each display pane of the active viewing space on the touch panel display; detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection on the touch panel display; responsive to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching, moving the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount; reducing size of at least two of the display panes and an amount of the respective pages displayed therein in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display; and concurrently increasing size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in each increased size display pane in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile device, comprising:
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a touch panel display; a wireless transceiver, for wireless communication via a mobile network; and a controller for controlling the transceiver and responsive to user inputs via the touch panel display, wherein the controller is configured to implement tasks, including tasks to; display an active viewing space on the touch panel display, the active viewing space being divided into at least three display panes and exhibiting a point of intersection of boundaries of the display panes; display a different respective page in each display pane of the active viewing space on the touch panel display; detect touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection on the touch panel display; wherein in response to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching, the controller is further configured to implement tasks to; move the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount; reduce size of at least two of the display panes and an amount of the respective pages displayed therein in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display; and concurrently increase size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in each increased size display pane in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the medium for execution by a programmable controller of a mobile terminal having a touch panel display and a wireless transceiver, wherein execution of the programming instructions by the programmable controller causes the mobile terminal to implement tasks, comprising tasks to; display an active viewing space on the touch panel display, the active viewing space being divided into at least three display panes and exhibiting a point of intersection of boundaries of the display panes; display a different respective page in each display pane of the active viewing space on the touch panel display; and detect touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection on the touch panel display; responsive to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching, moving the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount; reduce size of at least two of the display panes and an amount of the respective pages displayed therein in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display; and concurrently increase size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in each increased size display pane in the active viewing space, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection on the touch panel display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, the method comprising steps of:
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displaying an active viewing space comprising four display panes and one point of intersection of boundaries of all the display panes, on the touch panel display of the mobile terminal, each of the four display panes displaying a different respective page; detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection of the boundaries of the display panes on the touch panel display; and responsive to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching; (a) moving the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount; (b) concurrently increasing size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in the increased size display pane, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection; and (c) reducing size of at least two of the display panes and reducing an amount of the respective pages displayed in each reduced size display pane, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the medium for execution by a programmable controller of a mobile terminal device having a touch panel display and a wireless transceiver, wherein execution of the programming instructions by the programmable controller causes the mobile terminal to implement tasks, comprising tasks to; display an active viewing space comprising four display panes and one point of intersection of boundaries of all the display panes, on the touch panel display of the mobile terminal, each of the four display panes displaying a different respective page; detect touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to indicate user intent to move the point of intersection of the boundaries of the display panes on the touch panel display; and responsive to an amount of intended movement of the point of intersection indicated by the detected touching; (a) move the point of intersection on the touch panel display by the intended movement amount; (b) concurrently increase size of at least one of the display panes and an amount of the respective page displayed in the increased size display pane based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection; and (c) reduce size of at least two of the display panes and reduce an amount of the respective pages displayed in each reduced size display pane, based on the intended movement amount of the point of intersection.
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