User interface

• US 20060236266A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Majava, Laura
• Granted Patent: US 7,984,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• 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: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A user interface with a display and user input for a mobile telephone that provides a set of icons or other user selectable objects in a number of different idle mode screens. The user interface has two modes. In a focused mode, the user input can change focus so that the user can focus and select a desired object from a presented idle mode screen. In a non-focused mode, none of the objects is focused. Instead of changing the focus from one object to another, the user input now can change the idle mode screen itself so that different predefined contents can be accessed with a limited user input.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a display for presenting content comprising two user selectable objects capable of presenting one of the objects as a focused object;

a user input for reading navigation commands configured to cause the display move the focus from the focused object to another object thereby changing the focused object; and

a controller for changing the operation of the device between a focused and non-focused mode so that in the focused mode the focused object is changeable responsive to the navigation commands and in the non-focused mode, the content presented by the display is changeable responsive to the navigation commands.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device is selected from a group consisting of:

mobile telephone, television, set top box, personal computer, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and gaming device.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from focused to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from non-focused to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device is configured to provide an idle mode page out of a set of different idle mode pages, whereby different idle mode pages contain different content including user selectable objects.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the display is configured to present an idle mode page from at least two different idle mode pages when the device is idle and wherein the user input is configured to enable navigating between the different idle mode pages so that a navigation command changes a presented idle mode page to another one dependent on the currently presented idle mode page.

7. A device according to claim 5, wherein the user input is configured to enable navigating between the idle mode pages so that each idle mode page is mapped to a corresponding navigation command.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of receiving user instructions and of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode responsive to the user instructions.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein depending the same user input causes a) the focused object change when the device is operating in a focused mode and b) the content presented by the display when the device is operating in a non-focused mode.

11. A controller for controlling a device comprising a display for presenting content comprising two user selectable objects capable of presenting one of the objects as a focused object and a user input for reading navigation commands configured to cause the display move the focus from the focused object to another object thereby changing the focused object;

wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device between a focused and non-focused mode so that in the focused mode the focused object is changeable responsive to the navigation commands and in the non-focused mode, the content presented by the display is changeable responsive to the navigation commands.

12. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from focused to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

13. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to change the operation of the device from non-focused to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

14. A controller according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to provide, when the device is idle, an idle mode page out of a set of different idle mode pages, whereby different idle mode pages contain different content including user selectable objects.

15. A method of controlling a device comprising a display for presenting content comprising two user selectable objects capable of presenting one of the objects as a focused object and a user input for reading navigation commands configured to cause the display move the focus from the focused object to another object thereby changing the focused object;

the method comprising enabling changing of the operation of the device between a focused and a non-focused mode so that in the focused mode the focused object is changeable responsive to the navigation commands and in the non-focused mode, the content presented by the display is changeable responsive to the navigation commands.

16. A computer program stored on a memory medium for controlling a device comprising a display for presenting content comprising two user selectable objects capable of presenting one of the objects as a focused object and a user input for reading navigation commands configured to cause the display move the focus from the focused object to another object thereby changing the focused object;

the computer program comprising computer executable program code for enabling the device change its operation between a focused and a non-focused mode so that in the focused mode the focused object is changeable responsive to the navigation commands and in the non-focused mode, the content presented by the display is changeable responsive to the navigation commands.

17. A computer program according to claim 16, further comprising computer executable program code for changing the operation of the device from focused to non-focused mode responsive to detecting an idle period in user interaction meeting a predetermined threshold interval.

18. A computer program according to claim 16, further comprising computer executable program code for changing the operation of the device from non-focused to focused mode responsive to detecting a confirmation command from the user input.

19. A computer program according to claim 16, further comprising computer executable program code for enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode.

20. A computer program according to claim 16, further comprising computer executable program code for receiving user instructions and of enabling or disabling the access to the non-focused mode responsive to the user instructions.