System and methods for application discovery and trial

• US 10,241,649 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sirpal, Sanjiv
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Application Number:
  US15/133,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/316 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 : including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 : Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 : Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 : between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to devices and device configurations. In one embodiment, a process for providing application discovery and trial includes presenting a widget element on a display of the device, wherein the widget element includes graphical elements for a plurality of trial applications, and detecting a selection of one of the trial applications in the widget element. The process also includes updating the display to present a selected trial application based on the selection, wherein presentation of the selected trial application includes display of an overlay element, detecting a selection of the overlay element, and presenting a trial application control window based on the selection of the overlay element, the trial application control window including graphical elements for one or more of terminating, continuing and conversion of the selected trial application.

Claims

1. A method for providing application discovery and trial by a device, the method comprising:

presenting, by a device, a widget element on a display of the device, wherein the widget element includes graphical elements for a plurality of trial applications;

detecting, by the device, a selection of one of the trial applications in the widget element;

updating, by the device, the display to present a selected trial application based on the selection, wherein the selected trial application is executed by the device and presentation of the selected trial application includes display of an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is presented as an overlay to the executed trial application and wherein the overlay element is selectable;

detecting, by the device, a selection of the overlay element; and

presenting, by the device, a trial application control window based on the selection of the overlay element, the trial application control window including graphical elements for one or more of terminating, continuing and conversion of the selected trial application, wherein the trial application control window is presented as an overlay to the executed trial application and wherein functions of the executed trial application are disabled during presentation of the trial application control window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the widget element is a graphical element presented by the user interface of the device as one of a tool bar, selectable icon and overlay window.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the widget element and plurality of trial applications includes presentation of metadata for each of the plurality of trial applications displayed, wherein the metadata includes a number of times each trial application is viewed and a number of conversions for each trial application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of a trial application in the widget element relates to a touch screen command of a graphical element for the trial application displayed by the device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the overlay element is configured for display in each of a collapsed position and an expanded overlay element, wherein the expanded overlay element is presented as the trial application control window in response to selection of the overlay element.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation of trial applications in the widget element is based on applications provided to the device and one or more selections of the trial application control window presentation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating trial applications presented in the widget element.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising converting a selected trial application to a non-trial application for the device based on a selection in the trial application control window.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the trial application from the device based on selection in the trial application control window.

10. A device comprising:

a display configured for presentation of a user interface; and

a controller configured to control the display and presentation of the user interface, wherein the controller is configured to;

present a widget element on the display, wherein the widget element includes graphical elements for a plurality of trial applications;

detect a selection of one of the trial applications in the widget element;

update the display to present a selected trial application based on the selection, wherein the selected trial application is executed by the device and presentation of the selected trial application includes display of an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is presented as an overlay to the executed trial application and wherein the overlay element is selectable;

detect a selection of the overlay element; and

present a trial application control window based on the selection of the overlay element, the trial application control window including graphical elements for one or more of terminating, continuing and conversion of the selected trial application, wherein the trial application control window is presented as an overlay to the executed trial application and wherein functions of the executed trial application are disabled during presentation of the trial application control window.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the widget element is a graphical element presented by the user interface of the device as one of a tool bar, selectable icon and overlay window.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein presenting the widget element and plurality of trial applications includes presentation of metadata for each of the plurality of trial applications displayed, wherein the metadata includes a number of times each trial application is viewed and a number of conversions for each trial application.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the selection of a trial application in the widget element relates to a touch screen command of a graphical element for the trial application displayed by the device.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the overlay element is configured for display in each of a collapsed position and an expanded overlay element, wherein the expanded overlay element is presented as the trial application control window in response to selection of the overlay element.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the presentation of trial applications in the widget element is based on applications provided to the device and one or more selections of the trial application control window presentation.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to update trial applications presented in the widget element.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to select trial application to a non-trial application for the device based on a selection in the trial application control window.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to remove the trial application from the device based on selection in the trial application control window.