Location and time user interface dial

• US 8,584,051 B1
• Filed: 08/13/2012
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ribbon Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ribbon Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Alfaro, Anthony, Boyd, Austen, Palmer, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin, Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/572,894
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 715/752
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed which include displaying a circular slider on a mobile device, the circular slider displaying a current date, displaying a geographic map relative to the circular slider on the mobile device, receiving from a user of the mobile device, at a location on the circular slider, a touch gesture indicating a circular motion; in response to the touch gesture indication of the circular motion being received, changing the current date on the circular slider to a future date for each predetermined amount of circular motion received, and displaying on the geographic map on the mobile device, a representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations indicating that one or more friends of the user are going to be physically present at on the respective future location on the future date.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying a circular slider on a mobile device, the circular slider displaying a current date,

displaying a geographic map relative to the circular slider on the mobile device;

receiving from a user of the mobile device, at a location on the circular slider, a touch gesture indicating a circular motion;

in response to the touch gesture indication of the circular motion being received;

changing the current date on the circular slider to a future date for each predetermined amount of circular motion received, while the displayed circular slider shows the current date change to the future date as the touch gesture indicating the circular motion is received; and

determining, whether each of the one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the future date;

if one or more friends are going to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date, displaying on the geographic map on the mobile device, a representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations indicating that one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at on the respective future location on the future date, wherein the representation includes a display of a number indicating a number of friends of the user that are physically present at the respective future location on the future date, and wherein the user and the one or more friends are associated with a social network, and further wherein the display of the circular slider displaying the future date relative to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed;

if one or more friends are not going to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date;

displaying the geographic map without any friend representations, wherein the display of circular slider displaying the future date relative to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed; and

dynamically changing the representations corresponding to each of one or more future locations on the geographic map as the current date on the circular slider changes to a new future date, wherein the representations on the geographic map are changed based on whether each of one or more friend of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the new future date.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a counterclockwise circular motion changes the date to a previous date prior to the current date.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the circular motion is a clockwise circular motion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the number includes at least one of a number of friends that live at the respective future location on the future date, a number of friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or a number of events that are occurring at the respective future location on the map on the future date.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations is a pushpin image corresponding to each of the one or more future locations.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of a representation of a respective future location;

in response to receiving the indication of the selection, displaying a list of at least one or more friends that live at the respective future location on the future date, one or more friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or one or more events occurring at the respective future location on the future date.

7. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

displaying a circular slider on a mobile device, the circular slider displaying a current date,

displaying a geographic map relative to the circular slider on the mobile device;

receiving from a user of the mobile device, at a location on the circular slider, a touch gesture indicating a circular motion;

in response to the touch gesture indication of the circular motion being received;

changing the current date on the circular slider to a future date for each predetermined amount of circular motion received, while the displayed circular slider shows the current date change to the future date as the touch gesture indicating the circular motion is received; and

determining, whether each of the one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the future date;

if one or more friends are going to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date, displaying on the geographic map on the mobile device, a representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations indicating that one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at on the respective future location on the future date, wherein the representation includes a display of a number indicating a number of friends of the user that are physically present at the respective future location on the future date, and wherein the user and the one or more friends are associated with a social network, and further wherein the display of the circular slider displaying the future date relative to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed;

if one or more friends are not to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date;

displaying the geographic map without any friend representations, wherein the display of the circular slider displaying the future date relative to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed; and

dynamically changing the representations corresponding to each of one or more future locations on the geographic map as the current date on the circular slider changes to a new future date, wherein the representations on the geographic map are changed based on whether each of the one or friend of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the new future date.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein a counterclockwise circular motion changes the date to a previous date prior to the current date.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the circular motion is a clockwise circular motion.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the number includes at least one of a number of friends that live at the respective future location on the future date, a number of friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or a number of events that are occurring at the respective future location on the map on the future date.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations is a pushpin image corresponding to each of the one or more future locations.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a selection of a representation of a respective future location;

in response to receiving the indication of the selection, displaying a list of at least one or more friends that live at the respective future location on the future date, one or more friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or one or more events occurring at the respective future location on the future date.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon said execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

displaying a circular slider on a mobile device, the circular slider displaying a current date,

displaying a geographic map relative to the circular slider on the mobile device;

receiving from a user of the mobile device, at a location on the circular slider, a touch gesture indicating a circular motion;

in response to the touch gesture indication of the circular motion being received;

changing the current date on the circular slider to a future date for each predetermined amount of circular motion received, while the displayed circular slider shows the current date change to the future date as the touch gesture indicating the circular motion is received; and

determining, whether each of the one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the future date;

if one or more friends are going to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date, displaying on the geographic map on the mobile device, a representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations indicating that one or more friends of the user are planning on being physically present at on the respective future location on the future date, wherein the representation includes a display of a number indicating a number of friends of the user that are physically present at the respective future location on the future date, and wherein the user and the one or more friends are associated with a social network, and further wherein the display of the circular slider displaying the future date relative to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed;

if one or more friends are not going to be physically present at the one or more future locations on the future date;

displaying the geographic map without any friend representations, wherein the display of the circular slider displaying the future date relative, to the map is maintained when the respective representation of the one or more future locations is displayed; and

dynamically changing the representations corresponding to each of one or more future locations on the geographic map as die current date on the circular slider changes to a new future date, wherein the representations on the geographic map are changed based on whether each of the one or more friend of the user are planning on being physically present at future locations on the new future date.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a counterclockwise circular motion changes the date to a previous date prior to the current date.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the circular motion is a clockwise circular motion.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the number includes at least one of a number of friends that live at respective future location on the future date, a number of friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or a number of events that are occurring at the respective future location on the map on the future date.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations is a pushpin image corresponding to each of the one or more future locations.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a selection of a representation of a respective future location;

in response to receiving the indication of the selection, displaying a list of at least one or more friends that live at the respective future location on the future date, one or more friends that are visiting the respective future location on the future date, or one or more events occurring at the respective future location on the future date.