User interface for multifunction device

• US 8,438,481 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2008
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lau, Dannie, O'Brien, Darren Kelly
• Primary Examiner(s): PITARO, RYAN F
• Application Number:
  US11/969,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229249A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,950 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/719, 715/864, 715/970, 701/36, 701/201, 701/213, 701/418, 701/432
• US Class Current: 715/716
• 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

Abstract

A graphical user interface for use in connection with a device having navigation and media functionality includes a navigation interface and a media interface that each have having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a navigation application and a media application, respectively. An application interface toggle button it is actuatable on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens and on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens. Actuation of the application interface toggle button from a navigation interface screen invokes display of a media interface screen, and actuation of the application interface toggle button from a media interface screen invokes display of a navigation interface screen.

Claims

1. A device with a graphical user interface having navigation and media functionality, the graphical user interface comprising:

a navigation interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a navigation application of the device;

a media interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a media application of the device; and

an application interface toggle button actuatable on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens and on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens, where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens invokes display of a media interface screen, and where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens invokes display of a navigation interface screen, further where the application interface toggle button displays different indicia depending on the screens, such that a media indicia is displayed on the application interface toggle button on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens that identifies the media interface application and a navigation indicia is displayed on the application interface toggle button on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens that identifies the navigation interface application.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where one or more of the buttons are virtual buttons.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the media indicia displayed on the application interface toggle button is indicative of media playback information when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the navigation indicia displayed on the application interface toggle button is indicative of navigation routing information when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the navigation interface facilitates user input of route destination data.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the navigation application responds to one or more user inputs through the navigation interface to calculate a route to a destination.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 6, where the navigation interface facilitates display of calculated route information.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the media application comprises an audio player application adapted to play audio from media storage.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 1, where the media application comprises a video player application adapted to play video from media storage and having one or more video player application states.

10. A device comprising:

a navigation application facilitating control of a navigation component of the device;

a navigation interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and the navigation application of the device;

a media application facilitating control of a media playback component of the device;

a media interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and the media application of the device; and

an application interface on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens and on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens, where the application interface displays a media indicia on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens that identifies the media interface application and the application interface displays a navigation indicia on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens that identifies the navigation interface application, further where the media indicia and the navigation indicia are not displayed concurrently.

11. The device of claim 10, where the application interface comprises a toggle button that is actuatable, wherein actuation of the media indicia invokes display of a media interface screen, and where actuation of the navigation indicia invokes display of a navigation interface screen.

12. The device of claim 11, where the application interface toggle button displays the media indicia and where the media indicia comprises visual indicia indicative of media playback information when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

13. The device of claim 11, where the application interface toggle button displays the navigation indicia and where the navigation indicia comprises visual indicia indicative of navigation routing information when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens.

14. The device of claim 10, where the navigation interface facilitates user input of route destination data and responds to one or more user inputs through the navigation interface to calculate a route to a destination.

15. The device of claim 10, where the navigation indicia comprises location information that is displayed on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens and the media indicia comprises media playback information that is displayed on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

16. The device of claim 15, where the navigation interface facilitates display of calculated route information.

17. The device of claim 10, where the media application comprises an audio player application adapted to play audio from media storage.

18. The device of claim 10, where the media application comprises a video player application adapted to play video from media storage and having one or more video player application states.

19. A method for operating a graphical user interface in a device having navigation and media functionality, the method comprising:

providing a navigation interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a navigation application of the device;

providing a media interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a media application of the device;

providing an application interface that displays a visual indicia different from a type of the interface that is being displayed;

providing visual indicia from the media interface screen on the application interface provided during a display of the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens, wherein the visual indicia identifies the media interface application; and

providing visual indicia from the navigation interface screen on the application interface provided during a display of the at least one of the plurality of multimedia interface screens, wherein the visual indicia identifies the navigation interface application.

20. The method of claim 19, where the application interface comprises a toggle button, where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens invokes display of a media interface screen, and where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens invokes display of a navigation interface screen.

21. The method of claim 19, where the visual indicia from the media interface screen is indicative of media playback information and is displayed proximate the application interface when the application interface is provided on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

22. The method of claim 19, where the visual indicia from the navigation interface screen is indicative of navigation routing information and is displayed proximate the application interface when the application interface is provided on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens.

23. A device having navigation and media functionality, the device comprising:

means for providing a navigation interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a navigation application of the device;

means for providing a media interface having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a media application of the device;

means for providing an application interface toggle button actuatable on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens and on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens, where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens invokes display of a media interface screen, and where actuation of the application interface toggle button from the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens invokes display of a navigation interface screen;

means for providing a navigation indicia that identifies and activates one of the navigation interface screens on the application toggle button provided during a display of the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens; and

means for providing a media indicia that identifies and activates one of the media interface screens on the application toggle button provided during a display of the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

24. The device of claim 23, where the application interface toggle button comprises a virtual button.

25. The device of claim 23, where the media indicia comprises a visual indicia indicative of media playback information proximate the interface toggle button when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens.

26. The device of clam 23, where the navigation indicia comprises a visual indicia indicative of navigation routing information proximate the interface toggle buttons when the interface toggle button is provided on the at least one of the plurality of media interface screens.