Modifying screen objects

• US 8,314,810 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Kamen, Yakov
• Primary Examiner(s): Caschera, Antonio A
• Application Number:
  US13/361,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20120127190A1
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified value is saved into memory so the user may later identify that the specific object was selected. Each subsequent selection will modify the attribute further, allowing the user to identity that the object was selected a number of times. In one embodiment, the attribute will continue to be modified until a specific expiration limit has been reached.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to receiving a selection of an object displayed by a computing device on a screen, incrementally modifying, by the computing device, a visual attribute of the object, wherein each modification results in the object being displayed differently from previous displays of the object unless a limit is reached, and wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes at least one of the following;

changing a surface texture of the object, changing a transparency of the object or changing a border color of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes changing a color of the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes changing a shape of the object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual attribute includes a non-textual attribute.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

overwriting, by the computing device, the non-textual attribute with a default value when the limit is reached.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, after each modification, the visual attribute visually indicates a number of times the object has been selected.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the limit is a time limit.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the limit is a selection limit.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause at least one computing device to:

in response to receiving a selection of an object displayed by a computing device on a screen, incrementally modify a visual attribute of the object, wherein each modification results in the object being displayed differently from previous displays of the object unless a limit is reached, and wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes at least one of the following;

changing a surface texture of the object, changing a transparency of the object or changing a border color of the object.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes changing a color of the object.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein incrementally modifying a non-textual attribute of the object includes changing a shape of the object.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the visual attribute includes a non-textual attribute.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, having additional computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause at least one computing device to:

overwrite the non-textual attribute with a default value when the limit is reached.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein, after each modification, the visual attribute visually indicates a number of times the object has been selected.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the limit is a time limit.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the limit is a selection limit.

17. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;

in response to receiving a selection of an object displayed by a computing device on a screen, incrementally modify a visual attribute of the object, wherein each modification results in the object being displayed differently from previous displays of the object unless a limit is reached, and wherein incrementally modifying a visual attribute of the object includes at least one of the following;

changing a surface texture of the object, changing a transparency of the object or changing a border color of the object.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein incrementally modifying a non-textual attribute of the object includes changing a color of the object.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein incrementally modifying a non-textual attribute of the object includes changing a shape of the object.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the visual attribute includes a non-textual attribute.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to:

overwrite the non-textual attribute with a default value when the limit is reached.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein, after each modification, the visual attribute visually indicates a number of times the object has been selected.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the limit is a time limit.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the limit is a selection limit.