Method, device, and system for providing indicia on a display
First Claim
1. A method of displaying visual data on a display of a terminal device comprising:
- the terminal device displaying an icon having at least one of expander indicia, notification indicia and presence state indicia illustrated thereon on a display of the terminal device;
the terminal device running a first application associated with the icon and illustrating the icon on a foreground of the display of the terminal device such that the icon is on the foreground of the display of the terminal device;
the terminal device displaying a window on the display associated with at least one second application unrelated to the first application that is being run by the terminal device and a user of the terminal device is actively using the second application by providing input to the terminal device that is associated with the at least one second application such that the icon is within the foreground of the display of the terminal device; and
the terminal device receiving presence state data from a first server to which the terminal device is communicatively connected and updating the presence state indicia of the icon in response to the received presence state data, the presence state data comprising information identifying at least one of a location of the user and an activity of the user;
the terminal device illustrating a portion of the displayed icon folding away from one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia upon a determination that input indicates a pointer is over that indicia to provide a more complete view of that indicia; and
the terminal device illustrating the portion of the displayed icon folding over a portion of the one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia to partially cover the more complete view of the indicia upon a determination that the pointer is moved away from that indicia.
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Abstract
A display of an icon includes creating and displaying an icon that provides indicia regarding information relevant to an application to which the icon is assigned. The indicia provides information to a user and is always in the foreground of a display when the application is running regardless of whether the application is currently actively in use and being interacted with by a user or not. At least one expandable indicia is included within the icon. Input provided by clicking the expandable indicia actuates an expanded window for displaying more detailed information. Indicia is also presentable on the icon to provide real time information to a user who is actively using another application such as whether a connection to a server hosting services for the application is lost. A presence state of the user is displayable via presence indicia located on the icon as well.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of displaying visual data on a display of a terminal device comprising:
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the terminal device displaying an icon having at least one of expander indicia, notification indicia and presence state indicia illustrated thereon on a display of the terminal device; the terminal device running a first application associated with the icon and illustrating the icon on a foreground of the display of the terminal device such that the icon is on the foreground of the display of the terminal device; the terminal device displaying a window on the display associated with at least one second application unrelated to the first application that is being run by the terminal device and a user of the terminal device is actively using the second application by providing input to the terminal device that is associated with the at least one second application such that the icon is within the foreground of the display of the terminal device; and the terminal device receiving presence state data from a first server to which the terminal device is communicatively connected and updating the presence state indicia of the icon in response to the received presence state data, the presence state data comprising information identifying at least one of a location of the user and an activity of the user; the terminal device illustrating a portion of the displayed icon folding away from one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia upon a determination that input indicates a pointer is over that indicia to provide a more complete view of that indicia; and the terminal device illustrating the portion of the displayed icon folding over a portion of the one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia to partially cover the more complete view of the indicia upon a determination that the pointer is moved away from that indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of displaying visual data on a display of a terminal device comprising:
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the terminal device displaying an icon having expander indicia, notification indicia and presence state indicia illustrated thereon on a display of the terminal device; the terminal device illustrating a portion of the displayed icon folding away from one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia upon a determination that input indicates a pointer is over that indicia to provide a more complete view of that indicia; the terminal device illustrating a portion of the displayed icon folding over a portion of the one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia to partially cover that indicia upon a determination that the pointer is moved away from that indicia.
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16. A communication system comprising:
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a first terminal device; and a first server communicatively connected to the first terminal device; and the first terminal device displaying an icon having at least one of expander indicia, notification indicia and presence state indicia illustrated thereon on a display of the first terminal device; the first terminal device running a first application associated with the icon and illustrating the icon on a foreground of the display of the first terminal device such that the icon is on the foreground of the display of the first terminal device; the first terminal device displaying a window on the display associated with at least one second application unrelated to the first application that is being run by the first terminal device while the second application is actively in use such that input is being provided to the first terminal device via the window, the window being displayed by the first terminal device such that the icon is within the foreground of the display of the first terminal device; the first terminal device receiving presence state data from the first server and updating the presence state indicia of the icon in response to the received presence state data, the presence state data comprising information identifying at least one of a location of a user associated with the first terminal device and an activity of the user; the first terminal device illustrating a portion of the displayed icon folding away from one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia upon a determination that input indicates a pointer is over that indicia to provide a more complete view of that indicia; and the first terminal device illustrating the portion of the displayed icon folding over a portion of the one of the notification indicia, presence state indicia, and expander indicia to partially cover the more complete view of the indicia upon a determination that the pointer is moved away from that indicia. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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