Graphical user interface for mobile electronic device
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
- identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first pane and a second pane, wherein the size of the second pane is determined dynamically dependent on contextually relevant information to be displayed on the identified display screen;
displaying selectable menu items in the first pane of the identified display screen; and
displaying the contextually relevant information in the second pane of the identified display screen, wherein the contextually relevant information comprises at least a graphical image;
wherein the width of the second pane is smaller than the width of the graphical image, andwherein the graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second pane.
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Abstract
Improved approaches to display information on a portable computing device having a display with limited display area are disclosed. The information displayed can, for example, assist a user in navigating a hierarchical menu system operable on the portable computing device to browse, search or play media items. The information displayed can include a menu of the hierarchical menu system along with other information. The menu can include selectable media items. The other information can be related to the menu being displayed. In one embodiment, the invention can use a display screen having at least first and second portions, with the first portion displaying selectable media items (e.g., menu) and with the second portion displaying media information (e.g., graphical image) that is dependent on media items in the first portion or resident on the portable electronic device.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
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identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first pane and a second pane, wherein the size of the second pane is determined dynamically dependent on contextually relevant information to be displayed on the identified display screen; displaying selectable menu items in the first pane of the identified display screen; and displaying the contextually relevant information in the second pane of the identified display screen, wherein the contextually relevant information comprises at least a graphical image; wherein the width of the second pane is smaller than the width of the graphical image, and wherein the graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second pane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for presenting media information on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
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displaying a first menu in a first portion of a display screen on the display, the first menu including a plurality of selectable menu items; determining a first media item to be displayed from a plurality of media items resident on the portable electronic device; displaying a graphic corresponding to the first media item in a second portion of the display screen on the display, wherein the size of the second portion is determined dynamically dependent on the graphic; subsequently determining a second media item to be displayed from the plurality of media items resident on the portable electronic device; enlarging the first portion of the display screen and decreasing the second portion of the display screen; and thereafter displaying a graphic corresponding to the second media item in the second portion of the display screen on the display, wherein the graphic corresponding to the second media item is modified to fit within the decreased second portion of the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the size of the second portion is determined dynamically dependent on contextually relevant information to be displayed on the identified display screen; computer program code for displaying selectable menu items in the first portion of the identified display screen; and computer program code for displaying the contextually relevant information in the second portion of the identified display screen, wherein the contextually relevant information comprises at least a graphical image; wherein the width of the second portion is smaller than the width of the graphical image, and wherein the graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A graphical user interface for a portable electronic device, comprising:
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a first portion that displays a particular menu from a plurality of menus that form a hierarchical menu system, the particular menu including a plurality of selectable items; and a second portion that displays at least a portion of a particular graphical image, the particular graphical image being chosen from a plurality of graphical images based on (i) a designated one of the selectable menu items in the first portion or (ii) a media item stored on the portable electronic device, wherein the size of the second portion is determined dynamically dependent on the graphical image, wherein the width of the second portion is smaller than the width of the particular graphical image, and wherein the particular graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second portion.
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24. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a display device for displaying a graphic user interface; and a processing device for operating to present the graphical user interface on said display device, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least a first portion that displays a particular menu from a plurality of menus that form a hierarchical menu system, the particular menu including a plurality of selectable items; and a second portion that displays at least a portion of a particular graphical image, wherein the second portion is determined dynamically dependent on the graphical image, the particular graphical image being chosen from a plurality of graphical images based on (i) a designated one of the selectable menu items in the first portion or (ii) a media item stored on the portable electronic device, wherein the width of the second portion is smaller than the width of the particular graphical image, and wherein the particular graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A system for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said system comprising:
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one or more processors; memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first pane and a second pane, wherein the size of the second pane is determined dynamically dependent on contextually relevant information to be displayed on the identified display screen; displaying selectable menu items in the first pane of the identified display screen; and displaying the contextually relevant information in the second pane of the identified display screen, wherein the contextually relevant information comprises at least a graphical image; wherein the width of the second pane is smaller than the width of the graphical image, and wherein the graphical image is horizontally compacted or clipped to correlate to the width of the second pane. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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