Information navigation on electronic devices

• US 9,959,033 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Petersen, Morten Just, Connolly, Emmet, Gil de Paiva, Joao Paulo
• Primary Examiner(s): Fibbi, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US14/617,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20150153930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,177 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID

Abstract

In one example, a method includes outputting for display a first graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executing at the portable computer terminal, wherein the first GUI displays information received from the mobile computing device at a first degree of specificity. The method also includes, in response to receiving input to display a second GUI of the application: outputting, for display at a presence-sensitive display device of the portable computer terminal, the second GUI and removing the first GUI from display. The second GUI may be different from the first GUI, and the second GUI may display information received from the mobile computing device at a second degree of specificity that is different than the first degree of specificity.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

outputting, for display by a presence-sensitive display of a wearable computing device, a first graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application, wherein the first application is included in a group of applications and the first GUI of the first application includes a first summary of first information at a first degree of specificity;

receiving, by a processor of the wearable computing device, an indication of a first swipe input, the first swipe input being in a first direction and indicating a request to display a second GUI of the first application;

responsive to receiving the indication of the first swipe input, outputting, for display by the presence-sensitive display of the wearable computing device, the second GUI of the first application in place of the first GUI of the first application, wherein the second GUI of the first application is different from the first GUI of the first application and the second GUI of the first application includes details of the first information at a second degree of specificity that is greater than the first degree of specificity; and

receiving, by the processor of the wearable computing device, an indication of a second swipe input, the second swipe input being in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and indicating a request to display a first GUI of a second application in the group of applications, wherein the second application in the group of applications is at least one of a next higher-ordered application or a next lower-ordered application in relation to an ordering of the first application in the group of applications;

responsive to receiving the second swipe input;

outputting, for display by the presence-sensitive display of the wearable computing device, the first GUI of the second application, wherein the first GUI of the second application includes a second summary of second information at the first degree of specificity; and

removing, from display by the presence-sensitive display of the wearable computing device, the second GUI of the first application without outputting the first GUI of the first application for display subsequent to receiving the second swipe input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the second GUI and removing the first GUI from display comprises outputting for display the second GUI and removing the first GUI from display without causing a portion of existing graphical content of the first GUI to be visually magnified in the second GUI.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the wearable computing device and from a mobile computing device, at least one of the first information or the second information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the wearable computing device and from a mobile computing device, a plurality of units of information;

determining, by the wearable computing device, priority values associated with the respective units of information;

determining, by the wearable computing device, an ordering of the group of applications based at least in part on the priority values of the respective units of information; and

generating for display, by the wearable computing device, GUIs of the applications in the group of applications in the ordering of the group of applications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of applications are ordered in descending order from a highest frequency of use to a lowest frequency of use, wherein the highest frequency of use has a highest frequency in a range of frequency values, and wherein the lowest frequency of use has a lowest frequency in the range of frequency values.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the wearable computing device, at least one alert that is associated with a priority value of at least one unit of information of the plurality of units of information; and

outputting, by the presence-sensitive display device of the wearable computing device, the at least one alert.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wearable computing device to perform operations comprising:

outputting, for display by a presence-sensitive display of the wearable computing device, a first graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application, wherein the first application is included in a group of applications and the first GUI of the first application includes a first summary of first information at a first degree of specificity;

receiving an indication of a first swipe input, the first swipe input being in a first direction and indicating a request to display a second GUI of the first application;

responsive to receiving the first swipe input, outputting, for display by the presence-sensitive display, the second GUI of the first application in place of the first GUI of the first application, wherein the second GUI of the first application is different from the first GUI of the first application and the second GUI of the first application includes details of the first information at a second degree of specificity that is greater than the first degree of specificity; and

receiving an indication of a second swipe input, the second swipe input being in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and indicating a request to display a first GUI of a second application in the group of applications, wherein the second application in the group of applications is at least one of a next higher-ordered application or a next lower-ordered application in relation to an ordering of the first application in the group of applications;

responsive to receiving the second swipe input;

outputting, for display by the presence-sensitive display, the first GUI of the second application, wherein the first GUI of the second application includes a second summary of second information at the first degree of specificity; and

removing, from display by the presence-sensitive display, the second GUI of the first application without outputting the first GUI of the first application for display subsequent to receiving the second swipe input.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wearable computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a mobile computing device, at least one of the first information or the second information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wearable computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a mobile computing device, a plurality of units of information;

determining priority values associated with the respective units of information;

determining an ordering of the group of applications based at least in part on the priority values of the respective units of information; and

generating for display GUIs of the applications in the group of applications in the ordering of the group of applications.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the group of applications are ordered in descending order from a highest frequency of use to a lowest frequency of use, wherein the highest frequency of use has a highest frequency in a range of frequency values, and wherein the lowest frequency of use has a lowest frequency in the range of frequency values.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a wearable computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining at least one alert that is associated with a priority value of at least one unit of information of the plurality of units of information; and

outputting, by the presence-sensitive display device of the wearable computing device, the at least one alert.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.

14. A wearable computing device comprising:

at least one processor;

a presence-sensitive display device; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

output, for display by the presence-sensitive display, a first graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application, wherein the first application is included in a group of applications and the first GUI of the first application includes a first summary of first information at a first degree of specificity;

receive an indication of a first swipe input, the first swipe input being in a first direction and indicating a request to display a second GUI of the first application;

responsive to receiving the first swipe input, output, for display by the presence-sensitive display, the second GUI of the first application in place of the first GUI of the first application, wherein the second GUI of the first application is different from the first GUI of the first application and the second GUI of the first application includes details of the first information at a second degree of specificity that is greater than the first degree of specificity; and

receive an indication of a second swipe input, the second swipe input being in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and indicating a request to display a first GUI of a second application in the group of applications, wherein the second application in the group of applications is at least one of a next higher-ordered application or a next lower-ordered application in relation to an ordering of the first application in the group of applications;

responsive to receiving the second swipe input;

output, for display by the presence-sensitive display, the first GUI of the second application, wherein the first GUI of the second application includes a second summary of second information at the first degree of specificity; and

remove, from display by the presence-sensitive display, the second GUI of the first application without outputting the first GUI of the first application for display subsequent to receiving the second swipe input.

15. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is operable by the at least one processor to:

output for display the second GUI and removing the first GUI from display without causing a portion of existing graphical content of the first GUI to be visually magnified in the second GUI.

16. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is operable by the at least one processor to:

receive, from a mobile computing device, at least one of the first information or the second information.

17. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is operable by the at least one processor to:

receive, from a mobile computing device, a plurality of units of information;

determine priority values associated with the respective units of information;

determine an ordering of the group of applications based at least in part on the priority values of the respective units of information; and

generate for display GUIs of the applications in the group of applications in the ordering of the group of applications.

18. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the group of applications are ordered in descending order from a highest frequency of use to a lowest frequency of use, wherein the highest frequency of use has a highest frequency in a range of frequency values, and wherein the lowest frequency of use has a lowest frequency in the range of frequency values.

19. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is operable by the at least one processor to:

determine at least one alert that is associated with a priority value of at least one unit of information of the plurality of units of information; and

output, by the presence-sensitive display device, the at least one alert.

20. The wearable computing device of claim 14, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.