System and method for displaying a multimedia container

• US 9,342,324 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Galkina, Anya, Wu, James, Bennett, Robin, Hill, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Linh K
• Application Number:
  US13/901,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for displaying a multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a datastore corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein the multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and the datastore comprises information about the plurality of objects; determining a plurality of most recently accessed objects of the plurality of objects; determining a respective image corresponding to each of the plurality of most recently used objects; determining an order of each respective image based on a respective access time of a respective object corresponding to the respective image; and displaying a multimedia container image comprising each respective image according to the order, the multimedia container image corresponds to the multimedia container. In one exemplary implementation, a first object of the plurality of objects is a first portion of content and a second object of the plurality of objects is a second portion of content.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a portion of a graphical user interface,

said method comprising:

accessing, within a mobile device, a datastore corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein said multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, wherein a first object of said plurality of objects is a first portion of content and a second object of said plurality of objects is a second portion of content, wherein said datastore comprises information about said plurality of objects, wherein said multimedia container is a member of a hierarchy of multimedia containers that comprise a home multimedia container at a root level of said hierarchy, and wherein the home multimedia container comprises a next level multimedia container;

determining a plurality of most recently accessed objects of said plurality of objects in said multimedia container based on said information about said plurality of objects, wherein said plurality of most recently accessed objects comprise objects of different media types;

determining a plurality of respective images, wherein each respective image of the plurality of respective images corresponds to a respective object of said plurality of most recently accessed objects;

determining an order of said respective images based on a respective access time of a respective object corresponding to each of said respective images;

displaying a multimedia container image comprising overlapping images, wherein each of said overlapping images comprises one of said respective images and are arranged according to said order, wherein said multimedia container image corresponds to said multimedia container;

receiving a selection of the multimedia container image;

transforming, in response to the selection, the overlapping images of the multimedia container image into a first set of images including non-overlapping images comprising each of said respective images corresponding to each of said plurality of most recently accessed objects, wherein the first set of images includes an image corresponding to an object that is different from said plurality of most recently accessed objects; and

displaying said first set of images.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein a first respective image corresponds to most recently used object among the plurality of most recently accessed objects of the multimedia container, and wherein said first respective image is displayed in a foreground position relative to a second respective image.

3. The method as described in claim 2, wherein said second respective image corresponds to a second most recently used object among the plurality of most recently accessed objects and said second respective image is displayed in a background position relative to said first respective image.

4. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising

opening said multimedia container responsive to a user interaction with said multimedia container image comprising each respective image.

5. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising opening a piece of content corresponding to each respective image responsive to a user interaction with a respective portion of said multimedia container image comprising each respective image.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein a first respective image corresponds to a piece of content and a second respective image corresponds to an application icon.

7. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said determining the plurality of respective images is performed by an operating system operated on said mobile device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor in a mobile device, cause the processor to perform a method for displaying a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within said mobile device, a datastore corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein said multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, wherein a first object of said plurality of objects is a first portion of content and a second object of said plurality of objects is a second portion of content, wherein said datastore comprises information about said plurality of objects, wherein said multimedia container is a member of a hierarchy of multimedia containers that comprise a home multimedia container at a root level of said hierarchy, and wherein the home multimedia container comprises a next-level multimedia container;

determining a plurality of most recently accessed objects of said plurality of objects in the multimedia container based on said information about said plurality of objects, wherein said plurality of most recently accessed objects comprise objects of different media types;

determining a plurality of respective images, wherein each respective image of the plurality of respective images corresponds to a respective object of said plurality of most recently accessed objects;

determining an order of said respective images based on a respective access time of a respective object corresponding to each of said respective images;

displaying a multimedia container image comprising overlapping images, wherein each of said overlapping images comprise one of said respective images and are arranged according to said order, wherein said multimedia container image corresponds to said multimedia container;

receiving a selection of the multimedia container image;

transforming, in response to the selection, the overlapping images of the multimedia container image into a first set of images including non-overlapping images comprising each of said respective images corresponding to each of said plurality of most recently accessed objects, wherein the first set of images includes an image corresponding to an object that is different from said plurality of most recently accessed objects; and

displaying said first set of images.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein a first respective image corresponding to a most recently used object is displayed in a foreground relative to a second respective image corresponding to a second most recently used object.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein a first respective image is displayed at an offset from a position of a second respective image.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein a respective image comprises a scaled image corresponding to an image representing a portion of content.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein a first respective image corresponds to a piece of content and a second respective image corresponds to an application.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 12, wherein a first respective image corresponds to a piece of content and a second respective image corresponds to another multimedia container in said hierarchy.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 12, wherein a first respective image corresponds to a first piece of content and a second respective image corresponds to a second piece of content.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said determining the plurality of respective images is performed by an operating system operated in said mobile device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said mobile device is a tablet computing device.

17. A system for displaying a graphical user interface, said system comprising:

processing circuitry;

memory coupled to said processing circuitry;

wherein said processing circuitry is configured to;

access, within a mobile device, a datastore corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein said multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects,

wherein a first object of said plurality of objects is a first portion of content and a second object of said plurality of objects is a second portion of content, wherein said datastore comprises information about said plurality of objects, wherein said multimedia container is a member of a hierarchy of multimedia containers that comprise a home multimedia container at a root level of said hierarchy, and wherein the home multimedia container comprises a next level multimedia container;

determine a plurality of most recently accessed objects of said plurality of objects in said multimedia container based on said information about said plurality of objects,

wherein said plurality of most recently accessed objects comprise objects of different media types;

determine a plurality of respective images, wherein each respective image of the plurality of respective images corresponds to a respective object of said plurality of most recently accessed objects;

determine an order of said respective images based on a respective access time of a respective object corresponding to each of said respective images;

display a multimedia container image comprising overlapping images,

wherein each of said overlapping images comprises one of said respective images and are

arranged according to said order, wherein said multimedia container image corresponds to

said multimedia container;

receive a selection of the multimedia container image;

transform, in response to the selection, the overlapping images of the

multimedia container image into a first set of images including non-overlapping images

comprising each of said respective images corresponding to each of said plurality of most recently accessed objects, wherein the first set of images includes an image corresponding to an object that is different from said plurality of most recently accessed objects; and

display said first set of images.

18. The system as described in claim 17, wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to display a first respective image corresponding to a portion of content adjacent to a second respective image corresponding application icon.

19. The system as described in claim 17, wherein said multimedia container image represents a minimization of said multimedia container.

20. The system as described in claim 17, wherein said processing circuitry is further configured to display a first respective image corresponding to a most recently used object in a foreground relative to a second respective image corresponding to a second most recently used object.