Generating and displaying supplemental information and user interactions on interface tiles of a user interface

• US 9,658,742 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Bilgen, Aras, Hohndel, Dirk, Benchenaa, Hayat, Wilson, Daren P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuyetlien T
• Application Number:
  US13/729,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 715863, 715835, 715765, 715798, 715799, 715800, 715801, 715802, 715789, 715788, 715814, 715815, 345173, 345619, 345660, 705 1472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Technologies for displaying supplemental interface tiles on a user interface of a computing device include determining supplemental information and/or available user interactions associated with a user interface tile displayed on the user interface. A supplemental interface tile is displayed in association with the user interface tile in response to a user selecting the user interface tile. The supplemental information and/or an interaction widget corresponding to the available user interactions may be displayed on the supplemental interface tile based on the selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device for displaying supplemental interface tiles on a user interface of the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device comprising:

a processor;

an aggregation module to determine (i) supplemental information associated with a user interface tile displayed on the user interface and (ii) available user interactions associated with the user interface tile; and

a user interface module to (i) display, on the user interface, a supplemental interface tile contemporaneously with the user interface tile in response to a user of the computing device selecting the user interface tile, (ii) determine a first selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile, (iii) determine a second selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile different from the first selection gesture, (iv) display the supplemental information on the supplemental interface tile in a first location on the user interface in response to the first selection gesture matching a pre-defined information gesture such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile, and (v) display at least one interaction widget on the supplemental interface tile in a second location on the user interface different from the first location in response to the second selection gesture matching a pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture such that the interaction widget is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile;

wherein to display the supplemental information on the supplemental interface in the first location on the user interface such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile comprises to move the user interface tile from a beginning position on the user interface to an end position on the user interface and display the supplemental information on the user interface at the beginning position on the user interface.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the user interface module comprises a user interface module to display the supplemental interface tile in a position on the user interface as a function of the selected interface tile and at least one of the first selection gesture and the second selection gesture.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the user interface module is to:

display a first supplemental interface tile in a third location on the user interface in response to the first selection gesture matching a first pre-defined information gesture different from the pre-defined action gesture; and

display a second supplemental interface tile in a fourth location on the user interface different from the third location in response to the first selection gesture matching a second pre-defined information gesture different from the first pre-defined information gesture and different from the pre-defined action gesture.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 3, wherein the user interface module is to:

display first supplemental information on the first supplemental interface tile in response to the first selection gesture matching the first pre-defined information gesture; and

display second supplemental information different from the first supplemental information on the second supplemental interface tile in response to the first selection gesture matching the second pre-defined information gesture.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 3, wherein the user interface module is to:

display a first interaction widget on the first supplemental interface tile in response to the first selection gesture matching the first pre-defined information gesture; and

display a second interaction widget different from the first interaction widget on the second supplemental interface tile in response to the first selection gesture matching the second pre-defined information gesture.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the user interface module is to:

determine a third location for a first supplemental interface tile based on the second selection gesture matching a first pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture;

determine a fourth location for a second supplemental interface tile different from the third location based on the second selection gesture matching a second pre-defined action gesture different from the first pre-defined action gesture and different from the pre-defined information gesture;

display the first supplemental interface tile in the third location on the user interface; and

display the second supplemental interface tile in the fourth location on the user interface.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the user interface module is to:

displaying a first interaction widget on the first supplemental interface tile in response to the second selection gesture matching the first pre-defined action gesture; and

displaying a second interaction widget different from the first interaction widget on the second supplemental interface tile in response to the second selection gesture matching the second pre-defined action gesture.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the user interface module is to:

display first supplemental information on the first supplemental interface tile in response to the second selection gesture matching the first pre-defined action gesture; and

display second supplemental information different from the first supplemental information on the second supplemental interface tile in response to the second selection gesture matching the second pre-defined action gesture.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the user interface tile comprises a notification tile.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the at least one interaction widget comprises a user interface widget selectable by the user to cause the computing device to perform an associated action.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the first location is adjacent to the user interface tile and the second location different from the first is adjacent to the user interface tile.

12. A method for displaying supplemental interface tiles on a user interface of a computing device, the method comprising:

determining (i) supplemental information associated with a user interface tile displayed on the user interface and (ii) available user interactions associated with the user interface tile;

displaying a supplemental interface tile contemporaneously with the user interface tile in response to a user of the computing device selecting the user interface tile;

determining a first selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile;

determining a second selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile different from the first selection gesture; and

displaying (i) the supplemental information on the supplemental interface tile in a first location on the user interface in response to the first selection gesture matching a pre-defined information gesture such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile and (ii) at least one interaction widget on the supplemental interface tile in a second location on the user interface different from the first location in response to the second selection gesture matching a pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture such that the interaction widget is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile;

wherein displaying the supplemental information on the supplemental interface in the first location on the user interface such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile comprises moving the user interface tile from a beginning position on the user interface to an end position on the user interface and displaying the supplemental information on the user interface at the beginning position on the user interface.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying a supplemental interface tile comprises:

determining a third location for a first supplemental interface tile based on the second selection gesture matching a first pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture;

determining a fourth location for a second supplemental interface tile different from the first location based on the second selection gesture matching a second pre-defined action gesture different from the first pre-defined action gesture and different from the pre-defined information gesture;

displaying the first supplemental interface tile in the third location on the user interface; and

displaying the second supplemental interface tile in the fourth location on the user interface.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying at least one interaction widget on the supplemental interface tile comprises displaying a user interface widget on the supplemental interface tile that is selectable by the user to cause the computing device to perform an associated action, and

further comprising performing the associated action on the computing device in response to the user'"'"'s selection of the user interface widget.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first location is adjacent to the user interface tile and the second location different from the first is adjacent to the user interface tile.

16. One or more non-transitory, machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed result in a mobile computing device:

determining (i) supplemental information associated with a user interface tile displayed on the user interface and (ii) available user interactions associated with the user interface tile;

displaying a supplemental interface tile contemporaneously with the user interface tile in response to a user of the computing device selecting the user interface tile;

determining a first selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile;

determining a second selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile different from the first selection gesture; and

displaying (i) the supplemental information on the supplemental interface tile in a first location on the user interface in response to the first selection gesture matching a pre-defined information gesture such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile and (ii) at least one interaction widget on the supplemental interface tile in a second location on the user interface different from the first location in response to the second selection gesture matching a pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture such that the interaction widget is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile;

wherein displaying the supplemental information on the supplemental interface in the first location on the user interface such that the supplemental information is visible contemporaneously with the user interface tile comprises moving the user interface tile from a beginning position on the user interface to an end position on the user interface and displaying the supplemental information on the user interface at the beginning position on the user interface.

17. The non-transitory, machine readable storage media of claim 16, wherein displaying a supplemental interface tile comprises:

determining a third location for a first supplemental interface tile based on the second selection gesture matching a first pre-defined action gesture different from the pre-defined information gesture;

determining a fourth location for a second supplemental interface tile different from the third location based on the second selection gesture matching a second pre-defined action gesture different from the first pre-defined action gesture and different from the pre-defined information gesture;

displaying the first supplemental interface tile in the third location on the user interface; and

displaying the second supplemental interface tile in the fourth location on the user interface.

18. The non-transitory, machine readable storage media of claim 16, wherein displaying at least one interaction widget on the supplemental interface tile comprises displaying a user interface widget on the supplemental interface tile that is selectable by the user to cause the computing device to perform an associated action, and

wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the mobile computing device performing the associated action on the computing device in response to the user'"'"'s selection of the user interface widget.

19. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the first location is adjacent to the user interface tile and the second location different from the first is adjacent to the user interface tile.