SPLIT VIEW CALENDAR

• US 20150248199A1
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lemay, Stephen O., Chaudhri, Imran A., Jon, Tiffany S.
• Application Number:
  US14/581,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20150248199A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A calendar application of a computing device includes multiple views. The views of the calendar application include a split view. The split view divides a content region of the calendar application into a first content region portion and a second content region portion. A month view of the calendar application is displayed in the first content region portion and a list view of user events is displayed in the second content region portion.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, cause the electronic device to:

display a month view of a calendar application, the month view including a month of a year displayed in a content region of the calendar application and the month view including all weeks of the month;

receive a user input to display a split view of the calendar application; and

responsive to receiving the user input, display the month view in a first portion of the content region and displaying a list view of user events in a second portion of the content region, the month view displayed in the first portion including only a current week and remaining weeks of the month;

wherein the list view of events displayed in the second portion is organized into a continuous series of rows, each row associated with a corresponding user event from the list view of user events.

2. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, cause the electronic device to:

display a month view of a calendar application, the month view including a month of a year displayed in a content region of the calendar application and the month view including all weeks of the month;

receive a user input to display a split view of the calendar application;

responsive to receiving the user input, display the month view in a first portion of the content region and displaying a list view of user events in a second portion of the content region, wherein the list view of user events displayed in the second portion are organized into a continuous series of rows, each row associated with a corresponding user event from the list view of user events;

display another month of the year in the first portion responsive to receiving a user input in the first portion to display another month; and

display at least one additional user event in the list view of user events displayed in the second portion responsive to receiving a user input in the second portion to browse user events.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein a size of each of the rows is uniform regardless of a duration of each event.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the calendar application further includes a first control region comprising a split view user interface element and a back user interface element.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein receiving the user input to display the split view further comprises:

receiving a user selection of the split view user interface element.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein displaying the month view in the first portion and displaying the list view of user events in the second portion further comprises:

determining a size of the first content region portion based on a total number of weeks of the month to display in the first content region portion, the total number of weeks including only a current week and the remaining weeks of the month; and

dividing the content region into the first portion and the second portion based on the determined size of the first portion.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein displaying the list view of events in the second portion further comprises:

displaying all the user events in the second portion responsive to determining that each user event can be displayed in the second portion with a minimum required size; and

displaying a maximum number of user events in the second portion that can be displayed in the second portion with the minimum required size responsive to determining that all the user events cannot be displayed in the second portion with the minimum required size.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further cause the electronic device to:

display an animation of a name of the month displayed in the content region of the calendar application moving to the back user interface element responsive to receiving the user input indicating to display the split view.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein each row associated with a corresponding user event includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising at least a description of the user event and the second portion comprising a start time and an end time of the user event.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein displaying the list view of user events in the second portion comprises:

automatically displaying the list view of user events of a current day in the second portion of the content region responsive to receiving the user input.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein displaying the month view in the first portion of the content region comprises:

highlighting the current day in the first portion.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further cause the electronic device to:

receive a user selection of a day from the month view displayed in the first portion;

display an animation in the second portion of the content region to display a list view of user events of the selected day responsive to receiving the user selection; and

highlight the selected day in the first portion.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

receive a user selection of a day from the month view displayed in the first portion; and

automatically display in the second portion a list view of user events of the selected day responsive to receiving the user selection; and

highlight the selected day in the first portion.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

receive a user input in the first portion to display a different month of the year in the first portion; and

automatically update the first portion to display all weeks of the different month responsive to receiving the input.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

display a handle user interface element in either the first portion or the second portion responsive to receiving the user input indicating to display the split view;

receive a user input moving the position of the handle user interface element; and

changing the size of the first portion and a size of the second portion based on the position of the handle user interface element.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion comprises:

decreasing the size of the first portion and increasing the size of the region portion responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in a direction towards the first portion.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion further comprises:

increasing the size of the first portion and decreasing the size of the second portion responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in a direction away from the first portion.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion further comprises:

removing the current week of the month displayed in the first portion and displaying an additional user event in the list view of user events displayed in the second portion responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in the direction towards the first portion.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion further comprises:

displaying a week prior to the current week of the month in the first portion and removing a last user event displayed in the list view of user events responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in the direction away the first portion.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion comprises:

covering a last week of the month displayed in the first portion with one or more of the user events displayed in the second portion and displaying an additional user event in the list view of user events responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in the direction towards the first portion.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the size of the first portion and the size of the second portion further comprises:

displaying a week prior to the current week of the month in the first portion and covering a first user event displayed in the list view of user events with one or more weeks of the month displayed in the first portion responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in the direction away the first content region portion.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

display only the current week of the month in the first portion and increasing the size of the second portion responsive to the user input moving the position of the handle affordance in a direction towards the first portion past a predetermined threshold; and

horizontally scroll the current week of the month displayed in the first portion responsive to receiving a user input in the first portion to view other days of the weeks of the month.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the user input in the first portion to view the other days of the weeks of the month include a tap gesture or a swipe gesture in the first portion.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

receive a selection of a day from the month view of the calendar application;

update the first control region to display days of a week and a week of the month that includes the selected day responsive to the selection;

display a day view of user events of the selected day in the content region of the calendar application responsive to the selection, wherein the day view of events is organized into rows, each row associated with a corresponding user event from the day view of user events and a size of each row is based on a duration of the user event, and wherein a distance between a pair of user events is based on a duration of time between the pair of user events.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further causes the electronic device to:

replace the split view affordance displayed in the first control region with a list view affordance responsive to the selection of the day; and

receive a user selection of the list view affordance;

display the list view of user events in the content region and visually highlighting the list view affordance responsive to the user selection of the list view affordance.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein displaying the day view of user events of the selected day in the content region of the calendar application further comprises:

displaying a handle user interface element in the content region;

receiving a user input moving the position of the handle user interface element past a predetermined threshold; and

updating the content region to display a list view of events of the selected day rather than the day view of events of the selected day responsive to the user input.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the calendar application further includes a second control region including a calendar settings user interface element and wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further cause the electronic device to:

receive a selection of the calendar settings user interface element;

display calendar settings responsive to the selection of the calendar settings user interface element, the calendar settings including a setting to display a month in the day view of user events.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further cause the electronic device to:

receive a user input selecting a setting to display the month in the day view of events;

receive a selection of a day from the month view of the calendar application;

display all weeks of the month including the selected day in the first portion of the content region and displaying a day view of user events of the selected day in the second portion responsive to the selection; and

display a list view of user events of the selected day in the second portion responsive to receiving a user selection of the list view affordance.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the first control region further includes an area to include a search query.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions when executed by the electronic device further cause the electronic device to:

receive a user request to display a notification view of the computer device; and

display the notification view including a plurality of notifications for the user, the plurality of notifications comprising a list view of user events of a current day responsive to the user selection of the list view affordance displayed in the first control region.

31. A computer-implemented method for displaying a calendar application, the method comprising:

displaying, on a computing device, a month view of a calendar application, the month view including a month of a year displayed in a content region of the calendar application and the month view including all weeks of the month;

receiving a user input to display a split view of the calendar application;

responsive to receiving the user input, displaying the month view in a first portion of the content region and displaying a list view of user events in a second portion of the content region, wherein the list view of user events displayed in the second portion are organized into a continuous series of rows, each row associated with a corresponding user event from the list view of user events;

displaying another month of the year in the first portion responsive to receiving a user input in the first portion to display another month; and

displaying at least one additional user event in the list view of user events displayed in the second portion responsive to receiving a user input in the second portion to browse user events.

32. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to;

display a month view of a calendar application, the month view including a month of a year displayed in a content region of the calendar application and the month view including all weeks of the month;

receive a user input to display a split view of the calendar application;

responsive to receiving the user input, display the month view in a first portion of the content region and displaying a list view of user events in a second portion of the content region, wherein the list view of user events displayed in the second portion are organized into a continuous series of rows, each row associated with a corresponding user event from the list view of user events;

display another month of the year in the first portion responsive to receiving a user input in the first portion to display another month; and

display at least one additional user event in the list view of user events displayed in the second portion responsive to receiving a user input in the second portion to browse user events.