Dynamic detail-in-context user interface for application access and content access on electronic displays

• US 9,026,938 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accessify, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V. LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Carlisle, Andrew, Chong, Jamie, Doyle, Michael, Ippel, Keith, Jetha, Zeenat, Komar, Robert, Montagnese, Catherine, Morrow, Chloe, Ting, Vincent, Baar, David J. P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Takele, Meseker
• Application Number:
  US12/178,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20090172587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,476 Days
• Field of Search: 715/765, 715/782, 715/783, 715/790, 715793-800
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

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.

Claims

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.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second display area has a perimeter and a reduced-sized version of at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented proximate the perimeter in the second presentation.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the perimeter is rectangular in shape and wherein the reduced-size version of the at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented over a corner of the perimeter.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising animating a transition from the first presentation to the second presentation.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein information within the second display area is magnified.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface for adjusting a magnification for the second display area.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface for adjusting a lens for the second display area.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the display screen is a display screen of a handheld or wireless device.

9. A system comprising:

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.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the second display area has a perimeter and a reduced-size version of at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented proximate the perimeter in the second presentation.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the perimeter is rectangular in shape and wherein the reduced-size version of the at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented over a corner of the perimeter.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the causing replacement with the second presentation includes an animated transition from the first presentation to the second presentation.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the information is magnified for the second display area.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface configured to adjust a magnification for the second display area.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface configured to adjust a lens for the second display area.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein the system is a handheld or wireless device.

17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable to cause a data processing system to:

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 of

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 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.

18. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the second display area has a perimeter and a reduced-sized version of at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented proximate the perimeter in the second presentation.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the perimeter is rectangular in shape and wherein the reduced-size version of the at least one of the plurality of application icons is presented over a corner of the perimeter.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising animating a transition from the first presentation to the second presentation.

21. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein information within the second display area is magnified.

22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface for adjusting a magnification for the second display area.

23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the second presentation includes a graphical user interface for adjusting a lens for the second display area.

24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the display screen is a display screen of a handheld or wireless device.