Methods and apparatuses for window display, and methods and apparatuses for touch-operating an application

• US 9,766,777 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lu, Lu, Chen, Yu, Li, Jun, Li, Xin, Huang, Shuangxi
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B
• Application Number:
  US13/666,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20130111398A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,782 Days
• Field of Search: 715781-802, 715834
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for window display, and methods and apparatuses for touch-operating an application. The method for window display enables displaying a window in an appropriate position for convenient use. The method include displaying a main menu including at least one menu item, determining a first window corresponding to a first menu item in the main menu based on a first input operation on the first menu item, determining a position parameter and/or a direction parameter for the first window, and displaying the first window according to the position parameter and/or the direction parameter. The present application also discloses an apparatus for implementing the method.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a window on a data processing terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a main menu including at least two menu items corresponding to respective applications;

determining a first window for an application corresponding to a first menu item in the main menu based on a first input operation on the first menu item by a user;

determining an orientation parameter and a position parameter for the first window based on a position of the first menu item in the main menu;

displaying the first window according to orientation parameter and the position parameter;

wherein orientations for displaying the at least two menu items are different from each other so that the respective applications corresponding to the menu items are displayed complying with the orientations for displaying the menu items;

wherein the terminal comprises at least three side frames, and upon determining that the terminal is being used by a user, a first one of the side frames which is closest to the user is determined; and

wherein said determining a position parameter for the first window comprises determining the first window to be at a position having the shortest distance from the first side frame, and said determining an orientation parameter for the first window comprises determining the first window to be displayed in a direction perpendicular to the first side frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two menu items are arranged in a loop to form the main menu.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said determining a position for displaying the first window based on the position of the first menu item relative to the main menu comprises determining the first window to be positioned in an extended part of a line connecting a center of the main menu and the first menu item based on the position of the first menu item in the main menu.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least two menu items are arranged in a loop to form the main menu which has a shape of circle or regular polygon;

and

said determining a position parameter for the first window comprises determining the first window to be positioned in a radial orientation of the main menu.

5. An apparatus for displaying a window on a data processing terminal, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions, such that when executing the instructions, the processor is configured to:

display a main menu including at least two menu items corresponding to respective applications;

determine a first window for an application corresponding to a first menu item in the main menu based on a first input operation on the first menu item by a user;

determine an orientation parameter and a position parameter for the first window based on a position of the first menu item in the main menu; and

display the first window according to the orientation parameter and the position parameter;

wherein orientations for displaying the at least two menu items are different from each other so that the respective applications corresponding to the menu items are displayed complying with the orientations for displaying the menu items; and

wherein the terminal comprises at least three side frames, and the processor is further configured to, upon determining that the terminal is being used by a user, determine a first one of the side frames which is closest to the user, determine the first window to be at a position having the shortest distance from the first side frame, and determine the first window to be displayed in a direction perpendicular to the first side frame.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first window is positioned in an extended part of a line connecting a center of the main menu and the first menu item based on the position of the first menu item based on the position of the first menu item in the main menu.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least two menu items are arranged in a loop to form the main menu which has a shape of circle or regular polygon;

and

the processor is further configured to determine the first window to be positioned in a radial orientation of the main menu.