Stripe user interface

• US 20060020904A1
• Filed: 07/11/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Yingfei, Stovicek, Thomas, Baudet, Gilles, Aaltonen, Antti
• Application Number:
  US11/179,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20060020904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/850
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• 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

A method for navigating information in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, on a graphical user interface of the mobile terminal, a plurality of window regions, wherein each region is a container for objects and provides an overview of features and functions of the terminal and a status of the terminal. A first user input selects of one of the regions and in response to the first user input, displaying at least one object corresponding to a selected region in a portion of the selected region.

Claims

21-1. The method of claim 1 further comprising, after selecting an object in a region, displaying information corresponding to the selected object from the region and displaying information that is related to the selected object that is obtained from any non-selected regions.

27. A user interface for an electronic device comprising:

a system area;

a summary stripe area that includes a display of categories of information available to be accessed using the device; and

a detailed information area that provides at least an overview of any information related to a selected stripe in the summary stripe area.

28. The user interface of claim 27 wherein each summary stripe area includes one or more objects that are linked to information related to the stripe area.

29. The user interface of claim 28 wherein the summary stripe area comprises a content category stripe, a calendar category stripe, a contact category stripe, an applications category stripe and an environment category stripe.

30. The user interface of claim 27 further comprising each summary stripe being oriented in a substantially horizontal orientation on the display.

31. The user interface of claim 27 wherein each summary stripe includes at least one selectable dynamic icons, image, text, or hypertext.

32. The user interface of claim 27 wherein each summary stripe includes at least a first level of information that is displayed when the summary stripe is selected and a second level of information that is displayed when an icon on the first level is selected, the second level providing more detailed information about the selected stripe than the first level.

33. The user interface of claim 32 further comprising a third level of information that is displayed upon selection of an icon in the second level, that displays the information of the second level and displays relations of the information of the second level to other objects on an application windows border region of the display of the device.

34. The user interface of claim 27 wherein the user interface comprises a computer and a software program operating on the computer.

35. A method for providing and accessing menu functions on a display of an electronic device comprising:

providing on the display, one or more categories of information in a menu structure;

reformatting, upon selection of one of the categories, the selected menu function to be displayed as the primary object on the display;

determining which of non-selected categories has a relationship with the selected menu function; and

reformatting the non-selected menu functions that are related to the selected menu function to be displayed as secondary objects relative to the primary object on the display.

36. A graphical user interface for a terminal device comprising:

a display screen;

a user input device;

a processor arranged to display content of the device on the display screen;

means for dividing the content of the device into a plurality of regions, each region providing information related to the content and functions of the terminal the processor being arranged to display;

a primary region; and

at least one secondary region, the secondary region including more detailed information about a selected object in a primary region.

37. The graphical user interface of claim 36, further comprising:

means for providing a list of devices that can be accessed through the user interface;

means for providing list of users that have access rights to the listed devices; and

means for providing a list of content that can be accessed from the listed devices.

38. A graphical user interface as defined in claim 36 wherein the graphical user interface comprises a computer and a software program operating on the computer.

44. A computer program product comprising:

a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to generate a user interface for a terminal device, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display, on a graphical user interface of the mobile terminal, a plurality of window regions, wherein each region is a container for objects and provides connections, information and related functions of the terminal;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive a first user input to make a selection of one of the regions;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive a second input to make a selection of an object in the selected region;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a first level of detailed objects and information related to the selected object in an adjacent area of the display.