Electronic device and user interface display method thereof

• US 8,423,995 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Hsieh, Wei-Ting, Lu, Tai-Ling, Kao, Yih-Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US12/424,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271783A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,462 Days
• Field of Search: 717175-178, 715700-701, 709203-204
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device and a user interface display method thereof are provided. The electronic device organizes a plurality of computer programs executable on the electronic device into a virtual book. Each page of the virtual book includes a user interface of one of the computer programs. The electronic device displays one of the pages as a current page so that the user interface of the current page is accessible to a user of the electronic device. The electronic device senses movement and/or pressure caused by the user and interprets the movement and/or the pressure as operating actions of the user on the virtual book. The electronic device downloads new computer programs from a download server and adds corresponding new pages into the virtual book. At lease one of the computer programs provides a service of a corporate operator of a wireless service network.

Claims

1. A user interface display method adapted for an electronic device including a processor, comprising:

organizing a plurality of computer programs executable on the electronic device into a virtual book, wherein each page of the virtual book comprises a user interface of one of the computer programs;

downloading a new computer program from a download server, wherein the step of downloading the new computer program comprises;

using the processor to connect to the download server;

displaying a plurality of virtual objects, wherein each of the virtual objects represents an executable computer program stored in the download server; and

in response to a first operating action of the user on one of the virtual objects, downloading the executable computer program represented by that particular virtual object as the new computer program;

adding a new page into the virtual book, wherein the new page comprises a user interface of the new computer program; and

displaying the new page so that the user interface of the new page is accessible to a user of the electronic device;

wherein at least one of the virtual objects comprises a summary introduction of the corresponding executable computer program and a preview of a user interface of the corresponding executable computer program; and

wherein at least one of the pages is a classification page comprising a plurality of entries and each of the entries represents one of the pages between the classification page and another classification page or a bottom cover of the virtual book.

2. The user interface display method of claim 1, wherein the virtual objects are displayed on one of the pages of the virtual book.

3. The user interface display method of claim 1, wherein each of the virtual objects is displayed in a form of a card of a library catalog and the cards are arranged as a card stack.

4. The user interface display method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying a classification card in the card stack, wherein the classification card organizes the cards into a plurality of categories.

5. The user interface display method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a full-screen view of the user interface of the corresponding executable computer program in response to a second operating action of the user on the preview.

6. The user interface display method of claim 1, wherein the virtual object comprising the summary introduction and the preview further comprises a download button and the first operating action is performed on the download button.

7. The user interface display method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a third operating action of the user on one of the entries, displaying the page represented by that particular entry.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch panel;

a display;

a processor; and

a memory, storing program codes, and the processor performs the program codes to;

organizes a plurality of computer programs executable on the electronic device into a virtual book, each page of the virtual book comprises a user interface of one of the computer programs;

senses movement and/or pressure caused by a user of the electronic device on the touch panel and interprets the movement and/or the pressure as operating actions of the user on the virtual book;

downloads a new computer program from a download server, wherein the step of downloading the new computer program comprises;

connecting to the download server;

displaying a plurality of virtual objects on the display, wherein each of the virtual objects represents a downloadable computer program stored in the download server; and

in response to a first operating action of the user on one of the virtual objects, downloading the downloadable computer program represented by that particular virtual object as the new computer program;

adding a new page into the virtual book, wherein the new page comprises a user interface of the new computer program; and

displaying the new page on the display so that the user interface of the new page is accessible to the user;

wherein at least one of the virtual objects comprises a summary introduction of the corresponding downloadable computer program and a preview of a user interface of the corresponding downloadable computer program; and

wherein at least one of the pages is a classification page comprising a plurality of entries and each of the entries represents one of the pages between the classification page and another classification page or a bottom cover of the virtual book.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the virtual objects are displayed on one of the pages of the virtual book.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein each of the virtual objects is displayed in a form of a card of a library catalog and the cards are arranged as a card stack.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor performs the program codes further to:

displays a classification card in the card stack and the classification card organizes the cards into a plurality of categories.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor performs the program codes further to:

displays a full-screen view of the user interface of the corresponding downloadable computer program on the display in response to a second operating action of the user on the preview.

13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the virtual object comprising the summary introduction and the preview further comprises a download button and the first operating action is performed on the download button.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor performs the program codes further to:

display the page represented by that particular entry on the display in response to a third operating action of the user on one of the entries.