TRANSPARENT LAYER APPLICATION

• US 20080163082A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rytivaara, Markku
• Granted Patent: US 9,575,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• 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 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a processor and a display connected to the processor, the display being configured to present a first and second application on the display so that the second application is transparently presented over the first application wherein the first and second applications are active applications.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a display connected to the processor, the display being configured to present a first and second application on the display so that the second application is transparently presented over the first application wherein the first and second applications are active applications.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display at least one tab for accessing the second application.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a first user input and a second user input.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured so that the first application is operated through the first user input and the second application is operated through the second user input.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first user input is a keypad of the apparatus and the second user input is a touch screen display of the apparatus and vice versa.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to actively run the first and second applications for simultaneous operation by the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to present at least one tab for accessing the second application.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to present at least one tab for closing or hiding the second application.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising simultaneously operating the first and second applications.

9. A method comprising:

displaying a first application on a display; and

displaying a second application on the display so that the second application is transparently presented over the first application;

wherein the first and second applications are actively running for operation by a user.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first application is operated through a first user input and the second application is operated through a second user input.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein operating the first user input comprises operating a keypad and operating the second user inputs comprises operating a touch screen display and vice versa.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting at least one tab on a display for activating the second application.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting at least on tab on a display for closing or hiding the second application.

15. A computer program product comprising:

a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to display at least a first and second application, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to displaying a first application on a display; and

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a second application on the display so that the second application is transparently presented over the first application;

wherein the first and second applications are actively running for operation by a user.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first and second applications are simultaneously operated by the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to allow a user to operate the first application through a first user input and operate the second application through a second user input.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein operating the first user input comprises operating a keypad and operating the second user inputs comprises operating a touch screen display and vice versa.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present at least one tab on a display for activating the second application.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present at least on tab on a display for closing or hiding the second application.