Tabs for managing content

• US 8,539,353 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jones, Michael, Devenish, Ryan, Kaplan, Jonathan, Furlan, John, Cleary, Elizabeth A., Barthelemy, Matthew John
• Primary Examiner(s): PITARO, RYAN F
• Application Number:
  US12/750,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 715/711
• US Class Current: 715/711
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• 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: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for interacting with a file stored on a computing device that includes a display. The method includes causing a first user interface element to be displayed; receiving user input; determining that the user input is received for a duration of time greater than a threshold value; and, in response to determining, causing a first full tab to be displayed on a first side of the first user interface element, where the first full tab is associated with a first function for manipulating the file.

Claims

1. A method for interacting with a video file stored on a computing device that includes a display, the method comprising:

causing a first user interface element to be displayed on the display;

receiving user input;

upon receiving the user input, causing a first partial tab to be displayed on a first side of the first user interface element;

determining that the user input is received for a duration of time greater than a threshold value;

in response to determining, causing a first full tab to replace the first partial tab on the first side of the first user interface element, wherein the first full tab is associated with a first function for increasing an attribute associated with the video, the first full tab comprising a visual representation of increasing the attribute; and

causing a second full tab to be displayed on a second side of the first user interface element, wherein the second full tab is associated with a second function for decreasing the attribute associated with the video file, the second full tab comprising a visual representation of decreasing the attribute.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first side of the first user interface element comprises the left side of the first user interface element, and the second side of the first user interface element comprises the right side of the first user interface element.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first side of the first user interface element comprises the top side of the first user interface element, and the second side of the first user interface element comprises the bottom side of the first user interface element.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first function is executed when the user selects the first full tab, and the second function is executed when the user selects the second full tab.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first function comprises at least one of, a modify contrast function and a modify brightness function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user interface element is associated with the video file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user interface element is associated with a folder associated with one or more video files stored on the computing device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises one of:

a selection of the first user interface element via at least one of a touch-sensitive button or screen, a mechanical button, and a cursor and a movement of the cursor over the first user interface element in the display.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to interact with a video file, by performing the steps of:

causing a first user interface element to be displayed on the display;

receiving user input;

upon receiving the user input, causing a first partial tab to be displayed on a first side of the first user interface element;

determining that the user input is received for a duration of time greater than a threshold value; and

in response to determining, causing a first full tab to replace the first partial tab on the first side of the first user interface element, wherein the first full tab is associated with a first function for increasing an attribute associated with the video file, the first full tab comprising a visual representation of increasing the attribute; and

causing a second full tab to be displayed on a second side of the first user interface element, wherein the second full tab is associated with a second function for decreasing the attribute associated with the video file, the second full tab comprising a visual representation of decreasing the attribute.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first side of the first user interface element comprises the left side of the first user interface element, and the second side of the first user interface element comprises the right side of the first user interface element.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first side of the first user interface element comprises the top side of the first user interface element, and the second side of the first user interface element comprises the bottom side of the first user interface element.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first function is executed when the user selects the first full tab, and the second function is executed when the user selects the second full tab.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first function comprises at least one of, a modify contrast function and a modify brightness function.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first user interface element is associated with the video file.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first user interface element is associated with a folder associated with one or more video files stored on the computing device.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the user input comprises a selection of the first user interface element via at least one of a touch-sensitive button or screen, a mechanical button, and a cursor.

17. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computer system to interact with a video file, by performing the steps of;

causing a first user interface element to be displayed on a display;

receiving user input;

upon receiving the user input, causing a first partial tab to be displayed on a first side of the first user interface element;

determining that the user input is received for a duration of time greater than a threshold value;

in response to determining, causing a first full tab to replace the first partial tab on the first side of the first user interface element, wherein the first full tab is associated with a first function for increasing an attribute associated with the video file, the first full tab comprising a visual representation of increasing the attribute; and

causing a second full tab to be displayed on a second side of the first user interface element, wherein the second full tab is associated with a second function for decreasing the attribute associated with the video file, the second full tab comprising a visual representation of decreasing the attribute.