Association of display elements
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying a first display element on a display, the first display element comprising an icon including a portion that occupies less area than the entire icon and that is selectable via user input to invoke a command to cause display of a second display element;
receiving the user input at the portion of the first display element to cause display of the second display element, the second display element being associated with the first display element, subordinate to the first display element, and selectable via user input;
responsive to receiving the user input at the first display element;
displaying the second display element concurrently with the first display element on the display, the first display element and the second display element both displaying related information;
visually associating the first display element and the second display element by changing a size of the first display element from a first size to a second size during the concurrent display; and
blocking the first display element from responding to user input during the concurrent display; and
displaying, at the second display element, dynamic information that corresponds to content associated with the first display element.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for displaying a display element on a display in which a display element may be displayed responsive to a command, the display element being associated with another display element. Also, in another example, the association between the display elements is also displayed. In one example, the association between the display elements is depicted via an animation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying a first display element on a display, the first display element comprising an icon including a portion that occupies less area than the entire icon and that is selectable via user input to invoke a command to cause display of a second display element; receiving the user input at the portion of the first display element to cause display of the second display element, the second display element being associated with the first display element, subordinate to the first display element, and selectable via user input; responsive to receiving the user input at the first display element; displaying the second display element concurrently with the first display element on the display, the first display element and the second display element both displaying related information; visually associating the first display element and the second display element by changing a size of the first display element from a first size to a second size during the concurrent display; and blocking the first display element from responding to user input during the concurrent display; and displaying, at the second display element, dynamic information that corresponds to content associated with the first display element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for visually associating display elements on a display, said system comprising:
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a display device configured to display first and second user-interactive display elements that each display up-to-date information in real-time, the first user-interactive display element comprising an icon including a portion that occupies less area than the entire icon and that is selectable via user input to invoke a command to cause display of the second user-interactive display element; an input device for receiving the command to display the second user-interactive display element, the second user-interactive display element configured to display information related to information displayed by the first user-interactive display element; the display device further configured to visually associate the first and second user-interactive display elements by animating the first and second user-interactive display elements dependent upon content displayed by the first user-interactive display element the display device further configured to block the first user-interactive display element from responding to user input during display of the second user-interactive display element; and the display device further configured to change a size of the first user-interactive display element from a first size to a second size and change a size of the second user-interactive display element from a third size to a fourth size. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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displaying a first display element, the first display element comprising an icon including a portion that occupies less area than an area of the entire icon and that is selectable via user input to invoke a command to cause display of a second display element; displaying the second display element concurrently with the first display element responsive to receiving user input, the first display element and the second display element both displaying related information corresponding to a same entity; visually associating the first display element and the second display element on a graphical user interface, based on content displayed by the first display element, by animating the second display element so that the second display element visually springs from the first display element; blocking the first display element from responding to user input during display of the second display element; and animating the first display element and the second display element by concurrently changing a size of the first display element and a size of the second display element. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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