RENDERING OF CONTENT IN A DEFINED REGION OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20090158201A1
• Filed: 09/24/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Steven, Yadav, Ram Narain, Bhalla, Yogita, Ramesh, P. B., Iampietro, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,317,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

Rendering content in a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. A region of a GUI is defined as a graphical object. The graphical object corresponds to content. Input is received from an input device. The received input identifies a location on the GUI. The location is in spatial proximity to the defined region of a graphical object. In response to receiving such input, the content corresponding to the graphical object is rendered in the defined region of the GUI. The content may be rendered only in a subset of the defined region of the GUI. Further input, such as input corresponding to a particular location on the GUI, or input corresponding to a change in locations on the GUI in a particular direction, may be received, causing one or more commands to be executed on the rendered content.

Claims

1. A method of rendering content in a graphical user interface comprising:

defining a region of the graphical user interface as a graphical object, the graphical object corresponding to content;

receiving input from an input device that identifies a location on the graphical user interface in spatial proximity to the defined region of a graphical object; and

in response, rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in the defined region of the graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving further input from the input device that results in execution of a command on the rendered content.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein receiving further input comprises:

receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in location on the graphical user interface in a direction, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein receiving further input comprises:

receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a first change in location on the graphical user interface in a first direction and a second change in location on the graphical user interface in a second direction, resulting in execution of a first command and a second command on the rendered content, the first command corresponding to the first direction, the second command corresponding to the second direction.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising:

associating locations within the defined region with commands executable on the rendered content;

receiving further input from the input device, the further input identifying a location in the defined region in spatial proximity to an associated location; and

in response, executing the command associated with the associated location.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising:

associating sections of the defined region with portions of the content;

wherein rendering comprises;

if the identified location is in an associated section of the defined region, rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in the defined region of the graphical user interface, beginning from a portion of the content associated with that section.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in locations on the graphical user interface in a direction, the change in locations occurring within a section of the defined region, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction of the change in locations and the section in which the change occurred.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein rendering comprises:

in response, rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in only a subset of the defined region of the graphical user interface.

9. The method of claim 1 comprising:

displaying an indicator related to the input device, wherein the indicator is displayed on the graphical user interface at the location identified by the input received from the input device; and

during rendering of the content, displaying only an outline of the indicator on the graphical user interface.

10. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving further input from the input device that identifies a location on the graphical user interface not in spatial proximity to the defined region; and

in response, ceasing to render the content.

11. A computer program product, stored on computer readable medium, for rendering content in a graphical user interface, comprising:

computer program code for defining a region of the graphical user interface as a graphical object, the graphical object corresponding to content;

computer program code for receiving input from an input device that identifies a location on the graphical user interface in spatial proximity to the defined region of a graphical object; and

in response, computer program code for rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in the defined region of the graphical user interface.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 comprising:

computer program code for receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in locations on the graphical user interface in a direction, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 comprising:

computer program code for associating locations within the defined region with commands executable on the rendered content;

computer program code for receiving further input from the input device, the further input identifying a location in the defined region in spatial proximity to an associated location; and

in response, computer program code for executing the command associated with the associated location.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 comprising:

computer program code for receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in locations on the graphical user interface in a direction, the change in locations occurring within a section of the defined region, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction of the change in locations and the section in which the change occurred.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein computer program code for rendering comprises:

in response, computer program code for rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in only a subset of the defined region of the graphical user interface.

16. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory system;

a display;

an input device; and

an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor, the display, and the input device, allowing communication there between;

wherein the memory system is encoded with a rendering application, that when executed in the processor, provides a rendering process that rendering content in a graphical user interface shown on the display, by causing the computer system to perform the operations of;

defining a region of the graphical user interface as a graphical object, the graphical object corresponding to content;

receiving input from an input device that identifies a location on the graphical user interface in spatial proximity to the defined region of a graphical object; and

in response, rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in the defined region of the graphical user interface.

17. The computer system of claim 16 comprising:

receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in locations on the graphical user interface in a direction, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction.

18. The computer system of claim 16 comprising:

associating locations within the defined region with commands executable on the rendered content; and

receiving further input from the input device, the further input identifying a location in the defined region in spatial proximity to an associated location; and

in response, executing the command associated with the associated location.

19. The computer system of claim 16 comprising:

receiving further input from the input device, the further input indicating a change in locations on the graphical user interface in a direction, the change in locations occurring within a section of the defined region, resulting in execution of a command on the rendered content, the command corresponding to the direction of the change in locations and the section in which the change occurred.

20. The computer system of claim 16 wherein rendering comprises:

in response, rendering the content corresponding to the graphical object in only a subset of the defined region of the graphical user interface.