Generator for personalization of electronic devices

• US 8,296,658 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaplan, Jonathan, Braunstein, Ariel
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Chat
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barrett, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US12/284,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,495 Days
• Field of Search: 345441-443, 345/581, 345589-595, 705 26- 27, 715730-732, 715762-763, 715/866
• US Class Current: 715/732
• 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: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

A graphical user interface includes a primary color palette including a first plurality of colors and a secondary color palette including a second plurality of colors. A first color is defined as a primary color and a second color is defined as a secondary color. The secondary color is different from the primary color. The graphical user interface also includes a plurality of styles, with a style defined as an initial style. The graphical user interface further includes an intensity scale ranging from a minimum intensity value to a maximum intensity value. An indicator is positioned in association with an initial intensity value. Moreover, the graphical user interface includes a display tile including an initial pattern that is displayed based on the primary color, the secondary color, and the initial style and a subsequent pattern that is modified from the initial pattern based on the initial intensity value.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate a graphical user interface for generating a customized image for personalizing an electronic device, the graphical user interface comprising:

a primary color palette including a first plurality of colors, wherein a first color is defined as a primary color;

a secondary color palette including a second plurality of colors, wherein a second color is defined as a secondary color, the secondary color being different from the primary color;

a plurality of styles, wherein a style of the plurality of styles is defined as an initial style having a dimension;

an intensity scale ranging from a minimum intensity value to a maximum intensity value, wherein an indicator is positioned in association with an initial intensity value; and

a first display tile that is configured to display a plurality of graphic designs in an animation and, in response to user input, cause a first graphic design that is currently being displayed in the animation to be displayed in a second display tile associated with the first display tile,

wherein each of the graphic designs is a derivative of an initial graphic design that is based on the primary color, the secondary color, and the initial style, and

wherein a difference between each of the graphic designs and the initial graphic design is related to the initial intensity value, and

wherein each of the graphic designs is characterized by a color set varied from the primary color and the secondary color based on the initial intensity value and a style having a modified dimension in comparison with the initial style, and

wherein a rate of displaying different graphic designs within the first display tile is related to the initial intensity value.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the secondary color is based on the primary color.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the second plurality of colors is the same as the first plurality of colors.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the plurality of styles comprise at least one of stripes, swirls, circles, dots, or waves.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 4 wherein the initial graphic design is characterized by a first color that is a derivative of the primary color, a second color that is a derivative of the secondary color, and a first dimension.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5 wherein the derivative of the primary color and the derivative of the secondary color are functions of the initial intensity value.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of alternative tiles adjacent the display tile, wherein the second display tile is included in the plurality of alternative tiles.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 wherein each of the alternative tiles is configured to display a modified graphic design, wherein each modified graphic design is a derivative of one of the graphic designs in the plurality of graphic designs.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising receiving a user input to set an updated intensity value of the intensity scale.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 further comprising modifying the graphic designs in the plurality of graphic designs based on the updated intensity value.

11. A system configured to generate a customized image for personalization of an electronic device, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that includes a graphical user interface comprising;

a design modification element that defines a primary color, a secondary color, an initial style having a dimension, and an initial intensity value,

a first display tile that is configured to display a plurality of graphic designs in an animation and, in response to user input, cause a first graphic design that is currently being displayed in the animation to be displayed in a second display tile associated with the first display tile, and

a user input module configured to receive a user input related to the design modification element,

wherein each of the graphic designs is a derivative of an initial graphic design that is based on the primary color, the secondary color, and the initial style, and

wherein a difference between each of the graphic designs and the initial graphic design is related to the initial intensity value, and

wherein each of the graphic designs is characterized by a color set varied from the primary color and the secondary color based on the initial intensity value and a style having a modified dimension in comparison with the initial style, and

wherein a rate of displaying different graphic designs within the first display tile is related to the initial intensity value.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein a subsequent graphic design of the plurality of graphic designs is characterized by a modified style that is a derivative of the initial style.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the modified style comprises a change in a width of a portion of the initial style.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein a first color of the initial graphic design is determined based on a primary color defined by the design modification element.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein a second color of the initial graphic design is determined based on the primary color defined by the design modification element.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein a second color of the initial graphic design is determined based on a secondary color defined by the design modification element.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the secondary color is based on the primary color defined by the design modification element.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the design modification element includes:

a set of color palettes including a primary color palette and a secondary color palette; and

a set of styles.

19. The system of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of alternative tiles configured to display a modified graphic design, wherein each modified graphic design is a derivative of one of the graphic designs and wherein the second display tile is included in the plurality of alternative tiles.

20. The system of claim 11 further comprising an export module configured to transmit an image that represents a selected graphic design of the plurality of graphic designs to a printing facility.

21. The system of claim 20 further comprising a printer configured to receive the electronic device and permanently affix the image to the electronic device.