Display of user selected digital artworks as embellishments of a graphical user interface
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method, comprising the steps of:
- rendering on a digital system a graphical user interface for a software;
said graphical user interface comprising at least one graphical user interface element, at least one graphical user interface element of said graphical user interface being accessible by a user of said graphical user interface;
said digital system having access to at least one digital artwork, and said user of said digital system selecting at least one digital artwork from said at least one digital artwork accessible by said digital system; and
said user of said digital system selecting at least one graphical user interface element from said graphical user interface to become embellished by said at least one digital artwork;
wherein said at least one digital artwork selected by said user becomes associated with said at least one graphical user interface element in the form of an embellishment of said at least one graphical user interface element, and the display of said embellishment becomes in relation to said at least one graphical user interface element display.
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Abstract
The herewith described invention relates to the display of digital artworks, e.g. texts, graphics, images, animations, movies, or any combination of them, with or without sounds, as embellishments of a graphical user interface. More particularly, the invention relates to digital artworks that have been selected by a user to be displayed in association with a graphical user interface element, e.g. a window, a menu, or a control. Typically such association has the purpose of embellishing the look of the graphical user interface element. Typically such embellishments are not part of the data manipulated by the associated graphical user interface element, but in certain embodiments, the embellishment may be displayed, hidden, or, for example, graphically transformed upon the content of the manipulated data, i.e. the embellishment may be content sensitive.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising the steps of:
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rendering on a digital system a graphical user interface for a software;
said graphical user interface comprising at least one graphical user interface element, at least one graphical user interface element of said graphical user interface being accessible by a user of said graphical user interface;
said digital system having access to at least one digital artwork, and said user of said digital system selecting at least one digital artwork from said at least one digital artwork accessible by said digital system; and
said user of said digital system selecting at least one graphical user interface element from said graphical user interface to become embellished by said at least one digital artwork;
wherein said at least one digital artwork selected by said user becomes associated with said at least one graphical user interface element in the form of an embellishment of said at least one graphical user interface element, and the display of said embellishment becomes in relation to said at least one graphical user interface element display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented method, comprising the steps of:
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rendering on a digital system a graphical user interface for a software;
said graphical user interface comprising at least one graphical user interface element, at least one graphical user interface element of said graphical user interface being accessible by a user of said graphical user interface;
receiving a communication from a sender that comprises at least one digital artwork to be displayed to the user of said digital system, said at least one digital artwork being selected by said sender;
said communication not involving a user selectable generic communication software;
said recipient selecting at least one digital artwork from said at least one digital artwork comprised in said communication; and
said user selecting at least one graphical user interface element from graphical user interface to become embellished by said at least one digital artwork selected by said user;
wherein said at least one digital artwork selected by said recipient becomes associated with said at least one graphical user interface element in the form of an embellishment of said at least one graphical user interface element, and the display of said embellishment becomes in relation to said at least one graphical user interface element display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer implemented method, comprising the steps of:
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rendering on a network capable digital system a communication application graphical user interface for communications involving at least one recipient and a sender;
said communication application graphical user interface comprising at least one graphical user interface element, at least one graphical user interface element of said communication application graphical user interface being accessible by said recipient;
receiving a communication that comprises at least one digital artwork to be displayed to said recipient, said at least one digital artwork being selected by said sender;
said recipient selecting at least one digital artwork from said at least one digital artwork comprised in said communication; and
said recipient selecting at least one graphical user interface element from said communication application graphical user interface to become embellished by said at least one digital artwork selected by said recipient;
wherein said at least one digital artwork selected by said recipient becomes associated with said at least one graphical user interface element in the form of an embellishment of said at least one graphical user interface element, and the display of said embellishment becomes in relation to said at least one graphical user interface element display. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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