Method and apparatus for processing user interface composed of component objects

• US 9,250,871 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Seo Young, Song, Jae Yeon, Park, Kyung Mo, Lee, Kook Heui
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/696,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,195 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/746, 715/744
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23412 for generating or manipulating the scene composition of objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing a rich media user interface composed of a plurality of component objects that is capable of transferring information from a group of component objects having a specific function but not supporting the export of information to a group of component objects importing information only through predetermined paths through unpredictable path are provided. The method for processing content composed of user interface component objects includes receiving content including a plurality of user interface component objects, extracting exportable information which is defined to be exportable outside the content, and transferring the extracted exportable information to a target object.

Claims

1. A method for processing content composed of user interface component objects, the method comprising:

receiving content including (i) a plurality of user interface component objects including exportable information and non-exportable information and (ii) indication information indicating which information of the user interface component objects is exportable;

executing the received content including the user interface component objects and the indication information;

identifying which information of the user interface component objects is exportable to outside the content, based on a predetermined action for information exchange to a target object;

extracting the determined exportable information from the received content based on the indication information; and

transferring the extracted exportable information to the target object through a path unpredicted by the target object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring of the extracted information comprises:

detecting at least one of an action and a signal for transferring the exportable information; and

transferring the exportable information to the target object according to the at least one of the action and the signal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

interpreting a command contained in the content; and

rendering a user interface component object included in the content according to the command.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the extracting of the exportable information and the transferring of the exportable information to a target object is performed during the rendering of the user interface component object.

5. A method for processing content composed of user interface component objects, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of pieces of information included in an content composed of a plurality of user interface component objects through an unpredicted path, wherein the plurality of pieces of received information comprises exportable information extracted based on indication information indicating which information of the user interface component objects is exportable based on a predetermined action for information exchange to a target object;

detecting, from among the pieces of received information, a piece of information comprising an input value to the target object by mapping the pieces of received information with supportable information of an executed target object; and

performing a function of the target object using the detected piece of information,

wherein the detecting of the piece of information comprising the input value comprises determining the piece of information as the input value to the target object based on a name of the piece of received information indicating that the piece of information comprises the input value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving of the plurality of pieces of information included in the executed content composed of a plurality of user interface component objects comprises:

detecting at least one of an action and a signal for triggering information exchange; and

receiving the plurality of pieces of information based on the at least one of the action and the signal for triggering information exchange.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

extracting a function of the target object corresponding to the detected piece of information, wherein the performing of the function of the target object comprises executing the extracted function of the target object.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing of the function of the target object comprises executing the function of the target object using the piece of information as the input value with the name of the piece of information.

9. An apparatus for processing content composed of a plurality of user interface component objects, the apparatus comprising:

a decoder configured to decode content composed of (i) a plurality of user interface component objects including exportable information and non-exportable information and (ii) indication information indicating which information of the user interface component objects is exportable; and

a controller including a processor configured to;

execute the decoded content including the plurality of user interface component objects and the indication information,

identify which information of the interface component objects is exportable to outside the content based on a predetermined action for information exchange to a target object,

extract the determined exportable information from the decoded content based on the indication information, and

transfer the extracted information to the target object through a path unpredicted by the target object.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller detects at least one of an action and a signal for transferring the exportable information and transfers the extracted exportable information to the target object.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller interprets a command contained in the content, the apparatus further comprises

a renderer configured to render a user interface component object included in the content according to the command.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller extracts the exportable information from the content and transfers the extracted information to the target object while the renderer is rendering the user interface component object.

13. An apparatus for processing content composed of a plurality of user interface component objects, the apparatus comprising:

a controller including a processor configured to;

receive a plurality of pieces of received information included in an content composed of a plurality of user interface component objects through an unpredicted path, wherein the plurality of pieces of received information comprises exportable information extracted based on indication information indicating which information of the user interface component objects is exportable based on a predetermined action for information exchange to a target object,

detect, from among the pieces of received information, a piece of information comprising an input value of the target object, and

perform a function of the target object using the detected piece of information as the input value of the target object,

wherein the controller determines the piece of information as the input value to the target object based on a name of the piece of received information contained in the content indicating that the piece of information comprises the input value.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller detects at least one of an action and a signal for triggering information exchange and receives the plurality of pieces of information included in the content.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller extracts the function of the target object which corresponds to the detected piece of information and performs the function of the target object.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller uses the piece of information contained in the content as the input value with the name of the piece of information.