Dynamic detail-in-context user interface for application access and content access on electronic displays
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- causing display of a first presentation on a display screen, the first presentation including a plurality of application icons arranged in an originally-sized first display area, wherein each of the plurality of application icons corresponds to a different one of a plurality of applications;
while causing display of the first presentation on the display screen, receiving a selection signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of application icons to form a selected application icon;
in response to receiving the selection signal, initiating a selected application, which is the one of the plurality of applications that corresponds to the selected application icon;
in response to initiating the selected application, causing display of a second presentation, wherein the second presentation includes;
a reduced-size first display area reduced in size relative to the originally-sized first display area, wherein the reduced- size first area includes reduced-sized versions of the plurality of application icons reduced in size relative to the plurality of application icons presented in the originally- sized first display area; and
a second display area that presents information of the selected application; and
wherein the causing display of a first presentation and the causing display of a second presentation are performed to maintain a relative order of positions of two or more reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons in the second presentation as compared to a relative order of positions of a corresponding two or more of the plurality of application icons presented in the originally-sized first display area.
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Abstract
A method for presenting applications on a display screen, comprising: displaying a first presentation on the display screen, the first presentation including two or more icons; receiving a signal indicative of an icon, the icon being one of the two or more icons, the icon having an application associated therewith; initiating the application, the application having information associated therewith; generating a second presentation, the second presentation having a first area for presenting the information at least partially surrounded by a second area for presenting reduced-size versions of the two or more icons other than the icon; and, displaying the second presentation on the display screen to replace display of the first presentation.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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causing display of a first presentation on a display screen, the first presentation including a plurality of application icons arranged in an originally-sized first display area, wherein each of the plurality of application icons corresponds to a different one of a plurality of applications; while causing display of the first presentation on the display screen, receiving a selection signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of application icons to form a selected application icon; in response to receiving the selection signal, initiating a selected application, which is the one of the plurality of applications that corresponds to the selected application icon; in response to initiating the selected application, causing display of a second presentation, wherein the second presentation includes; a reduced-size first display area reduced in size relative to the originally-sized first display area, wherein the reduced- size first area includes reduced-sized versions of the plurality of application icons reduced in size relative to the plurality of application icons presented in the originally- sized first display area; and
a second display area that presents information of the selected application; andwherein the causing display of a first presentation and the causing display of a second presentation are performed to maintain a relative order of positions of two or more reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons in the second presentation as compared to a relative order of positions of a corresponding two or more of the plurality of application icons presented in the originally-sized first display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory; and modules within the memory that in response to being executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause operations to be performed comprising; causing display of a first presentation on a display screen, the first presentation including a plurality of application icons arranged in an originally-sized first display area, wherein each of the plurality of application icons corresponds to a different one of a plurality of applications; while causing display of the first presentation on the display screen, receiving a selection signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of application icons to form a selected application icon; in response to receiving the selection signal, initiating a selected application, which is the one of the plurality of applications that corresponds to the selected application icon, in response to initiating the selected application, causing display of a second presentation, wherein the second presentation includes; a reduced-size first display area reduced in size relative to the originally-sized display area, wherein the reduced-size first area includes reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons reduced in size relative to the plurality of application icons presented in the originally-sized first display area; and a second display area that presents information of the selected application; and
wherein causing display of the first presentation and causing display of the second presentation are performed to maintain a relative order of positions of two or more reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons in the second presentation as compared to a relative order of positions of a corresponding two or more of the plurality of application icons presented in the originally- sized first display area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable to cause a data processing system to:
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cause display of a first presentation on a display screen, the first presentation including a plurality of application icons arranged in an originally-sized first display area, wherein each of the plurality of application icons corresponds to a different one of a plurality of applications;
while causing display of the first presentation on the display screen, receive a selection signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of selection signal, initiate a selected application, which is the one of the plurality ofin response to initiating the selected application, causing display of a second presentation, wherein the second presentation includes; a reduced-size first display area reduced in size relative to the originally-sized first display area, wherein the reduced- size first area includes reduced-sized versions of the plurality of application icons reduced in size relative to the plurality of application icons presented in the originally- sized first display area; and a second display area that presents information of the selected application; and wherein causing display of the first presentation and causing display of the second presentation are performed to maintain a relative order of positions of two or more reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons in the second presentation as compared to a relative order of positions of a corresponding two or more of the plurality of application icons presented in the originally-sized first display area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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