Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715778000 | Multiple virtual screen or desktop switching | 75 |
20080201659 | Computer system having multipurpose desktops - The computer system, used for an operating system and providing desktops for a user to switch, includes a memory, a desktop management unit and a control unit. The memory stores desktop storage units, in which each of the desktop storage units stores a desktop file, and the desktop file includes at least one icon and one wallpaper image. The desktop management unit stores a desktop directory, and the desktop directory records an address of the desktop file stored in each of desktop storage units. The control unit is electrically connected to the memory and the desktop management unit and receives a desktop changing command transmitted by the operating system, so as to read the corresponding desktop file in the memory according to the desktop changing command and the desktop directory and to display the desktop file on the operating system. | 08-21-2008 |
20080307349 | Sharing a computer display across a network - Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, allows a source computer to display image data on a destination computer's display. In one approach to the technology, a method of sharing a monitor across a network is described. This method involves retrieving graphics information from a display driver on the source computer. This graphics information is compressed, and transmitted from the source computer to the destination computer. The compressed graphics information is then decompressed, and displayed on the destination display attached to the destination computer. | 12-11-2008 |
20090007003 | Accessing an out-space user interface for a document editor program - An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. | 01-01-2009 |
20090049397 | System And Method For A Simple Graphical Interface - Embodiments of systems and methods for a simplified interface are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments of modes of interaction with a surgical console may be provided such that these modes of interaction limit or curtail the range of functionality which may be adjusted. In particular, certain embodiments may present one or more interfaces for user interaction which allow a user to select from a set of preprogrammed options, where the interface or the set of preprogrammed options may correspond to the mode in which a user is interacting with the surgical console. Each of these preprogrammed options may correspond to settings for one or more parameters such that by selecting a preprogrammed option the surgical console is configured according to these settings. | 02-19-2009 |
20090070701 | MULTIPLE UI PARADIGMS WITHIN A SINGLE APPLICATION - A user interface (UI) with multiple UI paradigms. Each of the multiple UI paradigms is substantially different from the other UI paradigm(s). The substantially different UI paradigms are within a single application. A switching mechanism, which is also a part of the single application, enables a user to relatively rapidly switch between the different UI paradigms. | 03-12-2009 |
20090199125 | MEDICAL SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM - A medical support control system, comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first and second controllers, wherein: the manipulation display device is caused to alternately display a first graphical user interface created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface created by the second controller. | 08-06-2009 |
20090204925 | Active Desktop with Changeable Desktop Panels - A desktop environment for a mobile computing device provides the user with multiple user desktops that can be changed on the fly by the user depending upon the particular experience the user desires. The desktop environment comprises a desktop module with a plug-in interface, a plurality of plug-in panels corresponding to respective user desktops, and a panel manager. Each panel contains application code associated with a respective user desktop designed to provide a particular user experience. The desktop panel is configured to plug into the desktop module. The panel manager enables switching between different user desktops by unloading a current desktop panel associated with a first user desktop, and loading a second desktop panel associated with a second user desktop. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210816 | SWITCHABLE PANEL LAYOUT EXTENSION - Techniques for arraigning elements on a panel are disclosed. The technique includes defining attributes for user interface elements in a switch panel, defining a layout algorithm in switchable panels, and calling the layout algorithm in each of the switchable panels from the switch panel. The user interface elements are repositioned using the algorithm in the called switchable panel. | 08-20-2009 |
20090300537 | Method and system for changing format for displaying information on handheld device - A method and system for changing a display format for information rendered on a handheld device based at least in part on a velocity of the handheld device recognizes that when the velocity of the handheld device that is optimally held by a stationary user in both hands in a horizontal orientation exceeds a predetermined threshold, it is generally indicative that the handheld device is being held by a mobile user in one hand in a vertical orientation. Accordingly, upon determining that the velocity of the handheld device exceeds the predetermined threshold, information rendered on the handheld device is reoriented from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation so that the information is oriented correctly from the perspective of the mobile user. Thereafter, upon determining that the velocity of the handheld device is below the predetermined velocity threshold, the information rendered on the handheld device is reoriented from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation so that the information is oriented correctly from the perspective of a stationary user. | 12-03-2009 |
20100064245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL DATA DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE EXECUTING ENVIRONMENTS - A computer display controller arbitrates between multiple environments in a computer system to apportion display space between the multiple environments. The display controller may be implemented in hardware, firmware, or software, and determines display space allocation based on requests or requirements of each of the environments. If only one environment is active, the display controller may allocate the entire display space to the first environment. When a second environment is activated, display parameters may be dynamically provided to the display controller or previously provided to the display controller for storage and subsequent use. The display controller apportions the total displayable area to accommodate both environments and if necessary alters the display parameters of the first environment to accommodate the display needs of the second environment. The process may be extended to additional environments and may operate satisfactorily with computer systems having multiple displays. The display controller may allocate the entire display space to a particular environment, or only a portion of the display space for a particular environment on a single or multiple display device system. | 03-11-2010 |
20100169820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SYSTEM MODES - A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a graphical user interface via an operating system. The graphical user interface may be configured to permit a user to define a plurality of modes, one of the modes being a current mode. The method may also include permitting a user to select an updated mode of the plurality of modes, the updated mode being different from the current mode. The computer-implemented method may further include transmitting a message indicating that the updated mode has been selected to a configuration interface associated with at least one application running on the operating system. Numerous other variations and embodiments are also included within the scope of the present disclosure. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169821 | LAYOUT SWITCHING DEVICE, SCREEN GENERATING DEVICE FOR MOVING OBJECT,INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MOVING OBJECT,MOVING OBJECT,AND CONTROL METHOD - In one embodiment of the present invention, a layout switching device includes: a disregard list storage section for storing, for each of display layouts, a disregard list indicating a type of state information which can be disregarded even when the state information is changed; and a disregard list comparing section for judging, in a case where the state information is changed, whether or not a type of the changed state information is indicated in the disregard list by referring to a disregard list which corresponds to a current display layout and is stored in the disregard list storage section. Further, a layout decision section decides a layout after switching, based on the latest state information and a layout decision rule, only in a case where the disregard list comparing section judges that the type of the changed state information is not included in the disregard list. This realizes a layout switching device which is capable of efficiently switching layouts of an information screen shown to an operator of a moving object in accordance with a state of the moving object. | 07-01-2010 |
20100223574 | Multi-Screen User Interface - A user interface and techniques for presenting content in a multiple virtual screens are described. The user interface has one or more multiple virtual screen to define separate and distinct portions of content data. Overview, related content information may be placed in the various multiple virtual screens. Navigation buttons facilitate movement from display of content information in one virtual screen to the display of content information in another virtual screen. With the bar navigation element, a user can intuitively move among the multiple virtual screens using just a single actuation (e.g., a single click of a mouse, or a stylus tap). The multiple virtual screens remain in their original orientation and relative positioning, and remain visible in the user interface so that the user can track their location. | 09-02-2010 |
20100235777 | PROVIDING A PROXY VIEW FOR AN APPLICATION IN A WINDOW MANAGER - A window manager process hosts proxy window objects created by an application in a window manager display structure. A process in a device creates a local proxy view object within a window manager display structure for the window manager process. The process registers an identifier for a remote proxy window object which corresponds to an application display structure. The application controls processing of data used by the application. The process assigns the identifier for the remote proxy window object to the local proxy view object in the window manager display structure to create a composite display structure and renders the composite display structure to display an image on a display device. The image corresponds to the objects of the application display structure represented by the remote proxy window object. The window manager process controls rendering of the composite display structure. | 09-16-2010 |
20100269060 | Navigating A Plurality Of Instantiated Virtual Desktops - Navigating a plurality of instantiated virtual desktops including maintaining a z-axis order of a plurality of currently instantiated virtual desktops; receiving a user's invocation of one or more mouse buttons; identifying the received invocation of the one or more mouse buttons as a user instruction to change the virtual desktop currently given focus; selecting, in dependence upon the user instruction, one of the plurality of virtual desktops to give focus; reordering the virtual desktops in the z-axis such that the selected virtual desktop is highest in the z-axis order; giving focus to the selected virtual desktop; and displaying the selected virtual desktop as highest in the z-axis order. | 10-21-2010 |
20110225537 | EQUIPMENT WITH DUAL SCREENS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-COMPUTERS AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An equipment for controlling a plurality of computers and the operating method thereof are provided. The equipment electrically connects to a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) module and a touch LCD module and a plurality of computer respectively, where the LCD module receives and displays an image of one of the plurality of computers, the touch LCD module displays an imaging inputting interface and at least one of the images corresponding to the plurality of computers, and the imaging inputting interface receives a command to control the specific computer. | 09-15-2011 |
20110314409 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an information terminal is capable of connecting to a network, and includes an associating module and a display module. The associating module associates a virtual desktop with network identification information. The display module displays, according to network identification information acquired when the information terminal is connected to the network, a virtual desktop associated with the network identification information. | 12-22-2011 |
20120084706 | LAUNCHED APPLICATION INSERTED INTO THE STACK - A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Specifically, a determined number of desktops and/or running applications can be selectively displayed on dual screen displays conditioned upon inputs received and the state of the device. Desktop displays and applications can be selectively shifted between the screens by user gestures, or moved off of the screens by other user gestures and hidden. The hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by yet another gesture. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications. Desktops and applications can be selectively launched and added to the window stack. The user can also select where the desktops/applications are to be inserted and where they are first to be displayed after being launched. | 04-05-2012 |
20120110496 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a memory including at least first and second OSs (Operating Systems) and applications dedicated to each of the first and second OSs; a display unit configured to display a first OS (Operating System) dedicated screen including the applications dedicated to the first OS among the first and second OSs; and a controller configured to control the display unit to switch the displaying of the first OS dedicated screen to a displaying of a second OS dedicated screen if a switching command for switching the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110497 | CHANGING STACK WHEN SWAPPING - A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Specifically, a determined number of desktops and/or running applications can be selectively displayed on dual screen displays conditioned upon inputs received and the state of the device. Desktop displays and applications can be selectively shifted between the screens by a user gesture in the form of a pinch gesture. This single user gesture prevents the user from having to open and close the running desktops and applications, or to execute multiple other user commands that otherwise would result in a laborious effort by the user to manage the multiple desktops and applications. | 05-03-2012 |
20120124507 | ELECTRONIC BACKUP OF APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view of an application is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a history view associated with the current view of the application be displayed, retrieve data associated with the history view, determining a presentation format for the data, and displaying the history view in response to the first user input in accordance with the presentation format, the history view including data associated with at least a first visual representation of an earlier version of the current view of the application. | 05-17-2012 |
20120151403 | MAPPING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS TO PHYSICAL MONITORS - Provided are techniques for generating mappings between virtual desktops of a computing system to physical display devices of the computing system such that a change in the configuration of the physical monitors coupled to the computing system triggers an implementation of the corresponding mapping. Also provided are persistent storage of the mappings and the implementation of the desktop to monitor mapping, based upon the stored mappings, upon startup of the computing system. | 06-14-2012 |
20120166997 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal; a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; and a controller configured to execute the first and second operating systems, to simultaneously display first and second information screens on a display unit of the mobile terminal corresponding to the first and second modes, to receive a sharing signal requesting information from one of the first and second information screens be shared with the other of the first and second information screens, and to selectively share the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a predetermined criterion. | 06-28-2012 |
20120204126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - An information processing apparatus capable of running in parallel a plurality of OSs including a first OS and a second OS includes a first event controller and a second event controller. When the first OS granted a receiving right is enabled to accept a user authentication operation, if an event other than a predetermined first input event occurs, the first event controller instructs a display controller to perform processing to display a screen for accepting the authentication operation. If the predetermined first input event occurs, the second event controller instructs the display controller to perform processing to display the screen of the second OS currently not displayed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120254788 | Dynamic Distribution of Client Windows on Multiple Monitors - A multi-user computer system may distribute user windows across multiple monitors, some of the user windows may span two or more monitors, and some user windows may share a monitor. Each user window may be associated with a set of user input devices for each user. The user window configuration may be changed on the fly by an administrative user, who may reposition, rotate, scale, or perform other changes to the windows. Some embodiments may include a rule stack that may apply different levels of rules in succession to allocate user windows. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266098 | EMAIL CLIENT DISPLAY TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE IN A SMARTPAD DEVICE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for an email application are provided. More particularly, a change in the operating mode of a multiple virtual display smartpad device from a multiple virtual display operating mode to a single virtual display operating mode, or from a single virtual display operating mode to a multiple virtual display operating mode, can be determined. Moreover, a change in the operating mode can effect a change in a presentation of a user interface associated with an email application. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface can be retained, where the number of virtual displays of the device in view of the user is changed, provided a user interface for the email application remains in view of the user after the change in operating mode. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266099 | VIRTUAL ADDRESS BAR USER INTERFACE CONTROL - A virtual address bar user interface control is presented. The virtual address bar comprises one or more interactive address segments and one or more conventional address segments. Each interactive address segment corresponds to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on a storage device. Selection of the one or more interactive address segments navigates a user to content satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected interactive address segments. Each conventional address segment references content at the content's particular location on the storage device. Selection of the one or more conventional address segments navigates the user to content at the content's particular location. | 10-18-2012 |
20120290966 | MULTIPLE SCREEN MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided are a method and a mobile terminal for simultaneously displaying at least two application windows on a display unit of a mobile terminal. The method may include displaying a first application window associated with a first application on an entire display area of the display unit, receiving a multi_screen mode initiation input from a user, dividing a display area of the display unit into at least two display areas including a first display area and a second display area in response to the multi_screen mode initiation input, and displaying the first application window and a second application window on the at least two display areas, respectively, in a multi_screen mode. | 11-15-2012 |
20130091456 | MANAGING SEMANTIC DATA IN A CONTEXTUAL WORKSPACE - Techniques for managing a virtual workspace include: generating a virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace comprising a plurality of workspace modules comprising data contained in a plurality of data objects; identifying an interaction by the user with at least some of the data contained in a particular data object of the plurality of data objects; and providing, through the virtual workspace, at least one suggestion comprising a description of data contained in the plurality of data objects that is semantically related to the data interacted with by the user. | 04-11-2013 |
20130139095 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display method, a display apparatus and an electronic device are described. The display method is used in an electronic device. The display method includes displaying a first application-interface, wherein, first identifiers of at least one first application are displayed in a first display effect in the first application-interface, and the at least one first application is stored on server-side; receiving a selection input from a user; determining a target identifier in the first identifiers of the at least one first application according to the selection input; displaying a second application-interface, wherein, second identifiers of at least one second application are displayed in a second display effect in the second application-interface, and the at least one second application is stored on electronic-device-side; displaying the target identifier and the transformation process of the target identifier from the first display effect to the second display effect in the second application-interface. | 05-30-2013 |
20130159917 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE BASED ON CONNECTED DEVICES - Systems, methods and products for dynamically presenting user interfaces on an information handling device based on connected devices are presented herein. One aspect includes detecting one or more peripheral devices operatively coupled to an information handling device; executing a primary user interface; activating one or more secondary user interfaces responsive to detection of one or more peripheral devices; and switching between the primary user interface and the one or more secondary user interfaces. Other embodiments are described. | 06-20-2013 |
20130179825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING STATES OF COMPUTER SCREEN AND CONTROLLING MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal including a touch screen as an input and output means is controlled by a processor on a computer as a mobile station of a mobile communication network, and screen information is output through the display of the mobile communication terminal. A screen display unit of the computer switches to a sleep mode corresponding to the sleep mode of the mobile communication terminal, and the sleep mode of the mobile communication terminal is disabled by manipulating the computer. Accordingly, erroneous manipulation can be prevented in the control process. | 07-11-2013 |
20130298070 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY INTERFACES - A method for switching display interfaces includes a touch display device utilizing a first display interface for displaying open images of a plurality of data objects when being opened; touching a predetermined display area of the touch display device; and the touch display device switching the first display interface to a second display interface different from the first display interface for displaying the open images of the plurality of data objects when being opened. | 11-07-2013 |
20130311931 | Task Display Switching Method Portable Apparatus and Portable Communications Apparatus - A task display switching method, a portable apparatus and a portable communications apparatus which, when a plurality of software applications are activated and processed in parallel, make it possible to switch a display between each of the software applications with ease. According to the task display switching method, a portable apparatus capable of processing a plurality of tasks in parallel and of displaying a plurality of display regions for displaying data, an icon associated with a task displayed on a first display region is generated automatically or manually, and the generated icon is displayed in a second display region. When any icon thus generated is selected from a plurality of icons displayed on the second display region, the task associated with the selected icon is restored and displayed in the first display region. | 11-21-2013 |
20140006999 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS IDENTIFYING WORKSPACE ASSOCIATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140007000 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140068494 | INFORMATION NAVIGATION ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - 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. | 03-06-2014 |
20140082547 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESKTOP SWITCHING SYSTEM ON HANDHELD APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - For a three-dimensional desktop switching system on a handheld apparatus and a method thereof, a selected program desktop and a selected designated desktop are switched fast through a program desktop selection instruction and a designated desktop selection instruction, so as to reduce the number of times of performing operations and the number of times of performing loading and update during desktop switching, thereby achieving the technical efficacy of fast switching a program desktop and a designated desktop of the handheld apparatus. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082548 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING DESKTOPS - In a method for switching desktops of an electronic device, a plurality of desktop application groups and desktops are preset to corresponding preset position ranges. A current position of the electronic device is determined according to acquired position information from a global position system. When the electronic device is located in one of the preset position ranges, the method determines a position range that the current position is in, and determines a desktop application group and a desktop correspondingly. When the determined desktop is different from a current desktop of the electronic device, the method switches the current desktop to the determined desktop, and displays icons of the determined desktop application group on the determined desktop of the electronic device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140096063 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information display device includes a display, a content acquisition module, an overlay module, and a display controller. The display is configured to perform displaying. The content acquisition module is configured to acquire a multiple-screen content configured by contents capable of being displayed individually on a plurality of screens, respectively. The overlay module is configured to arrange each of the contents constituting the multiple-screen content at different positions, and to overlay the contents with each other to generate a single overlaid content. The display controller is configured to cause the display to display the overlaid content. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096064 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a touch panel, a screen group storage portion, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to perform operations. The operations include determining that it is a switching timing when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and switching a currently displayed screen to a next screen and displaying the next screen on the touch panel, based on screen group information stored in the screen group storage portion, in response to determining that it is the switching timing. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101597 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT VIEWS OF HOME SCREEN OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method of navigating between a plurality of different views of a home screen of a mobile communications device is provide. The mobile communications device includes a home button, a processor, and a display panel configured to cooperate with the processor to display one of the views of the home screen. The method includes selectively displaying one of the views of the home screen on the display panel based on a number of times the home button is activated within a predetermined time period. A non-transitory computer-readable medium and a mobile communications device of navigating between a plurality of different views of a home screen of a mobile communications device are also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101598 | IDLE SCREEN ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE AND IDLE SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - An idle screen arrangement structure and an idle screen display method for a mobile terminal are provided. The idle screen arrangement structure includes a base idle screen; and a plurality of different extended idle screens arranged in four or eight directions around the base idle screen. A first idle screen of the base idle screen and extended idle screens is displayed on the display unit. In response to an input of a screen-switch event, a second idle screen of the base idle screen and extended idle screens different from the first idle screen is displayed instead of the first idle screen. When the pointer is moved into a screen-switch region on the display unit, the first idle screen is switched to the second idle screen. The base and extended idle screens may have shortcuts to particular functions, and be switched one another in a circular or a non-circular manner. | 04-10-2014 |
20140123053 | DISPLAY TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY SCREEN SHARING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY SCREEN SHARING METHOD - A display terminal device displays objects arranged in a virtual space on a display device. The display terminal device generates an object identifier indicating an object entered by a user such that the object identifier includes a user identifier. The generated object identifier is, along with the object, transmitted to a drawing device. The display terminal device saves an object and an object identifier received from the drawing device until receiving the transmitted object from the drawing device. A display screen of the display device is refreshed to display the object received from the drawing device. | 05-01-2014 |
20140143708 | Desktop Switching Method And Device - A desktop switching method and device, the method including generating a first desktop window; configuring the first desktop window according to a relevant relationship between the first desktop window and a second desktop window; and performing desktop switching according to a current desktop window and the relevant relationship between the first desktop window and the second desktop window. The device includes a framework entrance module, a dock bar and a desktop manager. | 05-22-2014 |
20140164980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATIVE WALLPAPER - An apparatus and method for creative wallpaper are provided. The method includes presenting a first desktop environment in which icons, menus, applications, or functions can be located and invoked, presenting an uncoverer for revealing a second desktop environment in which icons, menus, applications, or functions can be located and invoked, and if the uncoverer is selected and executed, progressively removing the first desktop environment to reveal the second desktop environment underneath. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173498 | MULTIPLE SCREEN MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided are a method and a mobile terminal for simultaneously displaying at least two application windows on a display unit of a mobile terminal. The method may include displaying a first application window associated with a first application on an entire display area of the display unit, receiving a multi_screen mode initiation input from a user, dividing a display area of the display unit into at least two display areas including a first display area and a second display area in response to the multi_screen mode initiation input, and displaying the first application window and a second application window on the at least two display areas, respectively, in a multi_screen mode. | 06-19-2014 |
20140245213 | Methods and Devices for Displaying Content - Methods and devices for navigating lists of items using multiple displays are described. An example method is implemented on an electronic device having a first display. The method includes displaying a list of items on the first display, at least one of the list of items having respective associated content not visible in the displayed list of items; and while displaying the list of items on the first display, sending the associated content for one or more of the at least one item to a second display for display on the second display. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258913 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing system that includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing device that is separate from the image processing apparatus and controls operation of the image processing apparatus. The information processing device includes a display configured to display one of a standard screen that displays multiple setting items to be configured in operating the image processing apparatus and a simple screen that displays some of the multiple setting items displayed on the standard screen, an operational acceptance unit to accept an operation performed on a screen displayed on the display of the information processing device, and a display switcher configured to switch display on the display of the information processing device between the standard screen and the simple screen when the operation accepted by the operational acceptance unit indicates a predetermined operation regardless of coordinates of the operation performed on the screen. | 09-11-2014 |
20140289665 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GESTURE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A device for determining a gesture includes a display portion for selectively displaying one of screens; a storage portion for storing, for each of the screens, a rule used for distinguishing between gestures; a detection portion for detecting a motion made by a user; and a determination portion for identifying, from among the gestures, a gesture represented by the motion detected by the detection portion based on the rule for a current screen, the current screen being one of the screens and being displayed at a time when the motion has been detected. | 09-25-2014 |
20140317551 | Method and Terminal for Controlling Switching of Desktop Container Pages - A method and a terminal for controlling switching of desktop container pages are provided, which are used to replace a conventional operation of moving a component based on a touch operation on an intelligent terminal. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, movement determination information when a component-based moving event is activated; identifying, by the terminal, a movement state of the terminal according to the movement determination information; and switching, by the terminal, a currently displayed desktop container page according to the movement state, and moving a component, on which the moving event is based, to a desktop container page displayed after the switching. | 10-23-2014 |
20140331167 | Method for Dynamically Displaying a Personalized Home Screen on a User Device - A method and system for dynamically generating and displaying a home screen on a display of a user device are provided. The method comprises determining at least one estimated user intent based in part on at least one input variable; selecting a plurality of resources of information respective of at least the at least one estimated user intent, wherein each selected resource has a representative icon; providing the plurality of resources to the user device; receiving a selection of a desired resource from the user device; determining a definitive user intent from the at least one estimated user intent based on the selection; generating a new home screen respective of the definitive user intent; and causing the user device to replace a current home screen with the new generated home screen. | 11-06-2014 |
20140380227 | CONVERTIBLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device including logic at least partially comprising hardware logic to set display modes is disclosed. The logic may be configured to determine if the computing device is closed, and, if so, set the computing device to a single tablet display mode in which the computing device is to render a tablet interface at a first display panel. The logic may be configured to determine if the computing device is open, and, if so, set one of two display modes comprising: a dual tablet display mode in which the computing device is to render a tablet interface at the first display panel and a second display panel; or a laptop mode in which the computing device is to render content at the first display panel and the second display panel is to receive input via a virtual input device. | 12-25-2014 |
20150026633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a first output unit and a second output unit. The first output unit displays a start screen including a first image for giving an instruction for switching to a screen corresponding to a user, and a second image for giving an instruction for switching to an edit screen. If the second image is selected, the second output unit outputs an edit screen including, in the same arrangement as the first image, a third image for switching to a screen for editing the screen corresponding to a user. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026634 | TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a touch input apparatus including a touch panel installed on a surface of a display, the touch panel has a lead part projecting at the end of a detecting section, which includes a matrix area A where X value detection lines and Y value detection lines are arranged in matrix, and a lead area B where a plurality of lead lines extending from the matrix area A in the same direction as the X value detection lines to reach the lead part are arranged, wherein a first touch input section is formed by the matrix area A of the touch panel, and a second touch input section is formed by the lead area B. | 01-22-2015 |
20150082231 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING DESKTOP - A method for displaying a desktop on a device, includes: acquiring current weather information; acquiring, according to the acquired current weather information, a theme file corresponding to the current weather information from a pre-downloaded theme package, the theme file including at least a desktop background file, and an icon file corresponding to an icon; and rendering the desktop background file and the icon file onto the desktop of the device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150135124 | Multi-zone interface switching method and device - Disclosed is a multi-zone interface switching device, comprising: a special-effect adding module configured for establishing a special effect information list using a plurality of set special effect zones, a special effect style and a special effect frame number of each special effect zone, and providing the special effect information list to the special-effect calculating module; a special-effect controlling module configured for sending, upon receiving an instruction to perform an interface switching operation, the special-effect calculating module a notification to calculate a switching picture; and a special-effect calculating module configured for calculating, after receiving the notification to calculate a switching picture sent by the special-effect controlling module, a switching picture to be displayed in each special effect zone using the special effect information list in the special-effect adding module. Also disclosed is a multi-zone interface switching method. With the disclosure, it is possible to provide an interface switching solution with natural transition and rich forms. | 05-14-2015 |
20150293686 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOME SCREEN - A method of and electronic device for controlling a home screen in an electronic device equipped with a touch screen is provided. The method includes detecting whether a selected touch is inputted on the touch screen; displaying a home screen for each use mode when the selected touch is inputted; and controlling a setting of the home screen according to a user's selection. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to detect whether a selected touch is inputted and display a home screen for each user mode when the selected touch is inputted; and a control module configured to control a setting of the home screen according to a user's selection. | 10-15-2015 |
20150324102 | Method for Quickly Changing a User Interface and Computer Program Thereof and Electronic Device for Using the Same - A method for quickly changing a user interface is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device with at least two user interfaces. The user interfaces can be displayed via a screen of the electronic device, wherein the user interfaces include a first interface and a second interface. The method includes the following steps of: displaying a virtual button on the screen via the first interface; receiving a change instruction generated by clicking the virtual button; changing a user interface displayed on the screen from the first interface to the second interface. | 11-12-2015 |
20150370452 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT REFLECTING A USER'S INTENTION - Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device, including switching an electronic document from a first electronic document to a second electronic document, receiving an input corresponding to an arbitrary position of the display, determining one of the first electronic document and the second electronic document as corresponding to the input; and selecting an object corresponding to the arbitrary position where the input is received, based on the determined electronic document. | 12-24-2015 |
20160004429 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating User Interface Hierarchies - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts displaying a lower-level user interface that is part of a user interface hierarchy, where the hierarchy includes at least three levels, including the lower-level user interface, an intermediate-level user interface and a higher-level user interface. The device also, while displaying the lower-level user interface, detects an input on a portion of the device that is associated with user interface hierarchy navigation and, in response to detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input meets first transition criteria, the device replaces display of the lower-level user interface with display of the intermediate-level user interface and in accordance with a determination that the input meets second transition criteria, the device replaces display of the lower-level user interface with display of the higher-level user interface. | 01-07-2016 |
20160054867 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING SCREEN IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for displaying a screen on an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying, on a display of the electronic device, a first screen configured with a plurality of areas in which a plurality of contents are respectively displayed in a plurality of rows, and displaying, if an area is selected from among the plurality of areas, a second screen configured with one or more recommended item areas in which information related to content corresponding to the selected area is arranged. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062450 | DISPLAYING METHOD IN LOW POWER MODE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of displaying a user interface on an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying the user interface in a normal mode, determining whether or not the normal mode is converted into a low power mode, and if the normal mode is converted into the low power mode, displaying a first simplified user interface, which has at least some information identical to that of the user interface, and is configured by removing at least some information from an image displayed in the normal mode. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062555 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC LINKED PANELS IN USER INTERFACE - A computer system may be configured to: execute a first query associated with a first panel; display the first panel in a user interface based on first display settings of the first panel, the first panel displaying at least a portion of the result of the first query, the result of the first query associated with a variable; execute a second query associated with a second panel, wherein the second query refers to the variable associated with the first query; display the second panel in the user interface based on second display settings of the second panel, the second panel displaying at least a portion of the result of the second query; and in response to user input changing the displayed result in the first panel: re-execute the second query; and update the display of the second panel in the user interface based on results of the re-executed second query. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062628 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An example system includes: an information processing device including a display processing unit performing processing of displaying on a display unit a basic screen containing a selection image and a background image, the selection image being constructed from one or a plurality of images used for receiving selection operation, the background image serving as a background of the selection image; and a background image transmission device transmitting the background image of the basic screen. The display processing unit of the information processing device automatically receives the background image transmitted by the background image transmission device and displays the received background image in the background of the selection image. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063748 | DISPLAYING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining whether a present point in time corresponds to a predetermined period or event, obtaining a content associated with the predetermined period or event, and providing the content as at least a part of a user interface displayed on a user interface screen of the electronic device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160077685 | Operating System Virtual Desktop Techniques - Operating system virtual desktop techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of virtual desktops are implemented by a single operating system of a computing device. Each of the virtual desktops includes a user interface that is configured to have an associated collection of windows that correspond to applications. Access to the plurality of virtual desktops is managed by the operating system that is navigable by a user to interact with associated collection of representations of application and windows corresponding to the applications by switching between the plurality of virtual desktops. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085388 | Desktop Environment Differentiation in Virtual Desktops - Desktop environment differentiation in virtual desktop techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a user is logged into a corresponding single user account of an operating system of a computing device. Functionality accessible via the single user account is exposed to implement a plurality of virtual desktops associated with the single user account. Each of the plurality of virtual desktops including a user interface that is configured to have an associated collection of windows corresponding to applications and desktop environments that are differentiated, one from another. | 03-24-2016 |
20160098180 | PRESENTATION OF ENLARGED CONTENT ON COMPANION DISPLAY DEVICE - Content from an audio video display device is communicated to a nearby companion device on whose screen a user-selected portion of the content is presented, magnified from its presentation on the AVDD. | 04-07-2016 |
20160124499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INCOMING EVENTS WHILE PERFORMING A VIRTUAL REALITY SESSION - A virtual reality (VR) system including a virtual reality display and a virtual reality host is provided. The virtual reality display is arranged for displaying a virtual environment for a virtual reality user. The virtual reality host is arranged for performing a virtual reality session to generate the virtual environment using the virtual reality display and creating a virtual interface to sync and interact with a source unit, wherein when the source unit receives an incoming event, the virtual reality host receives a notification regarding the incoming event from the source unit and provides the notification to the virtual interface to generate an alert for the notification to the screen of the virtual reality display in the virtual environment for the virtual reality user. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS OF A MOBILE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for identifying elements of a mobile application are described. One or more processors can receive a request to identify elements of a mobile application. The processors can map a plurality of views included in the mobile application and associated transitions between the plurality of views. For each of the plurality of views, the processors can determine a category of the view. The processors can then store, for the mobile application, a data structure identifying each of the plurality of views, and for each of the plurality of views, the category of the view, and one more transitions to others of the plurality of views for use in responding to a request for content from the mobile application. | 05-05-2016 |
20160162327 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A PC includes: a desktop display management section causing a display device to display, among desktops, a main or sub desktop by switching between these desktops, the sub desktop being associated with the main desktop; and an application program execution process section executing application programs and displaying images on the main and sub desktops, the images being generated by execution of the application programs, respectively. The desktop display management section switches the main desktop to the sub desktop by a start instruction to start the application program of the image on the sub desktop. | 06-09-2016 |
20160170579 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
20160378299 | Method For Displaying Icons And Electronic Apparatus - A method for displaying icons and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining N icons which have a one-to-one correspondence with N applications of an electronic apparatus, where N≧1, each of the N icons has a first display parameter; acquiring a sensing parameter by a sensor of the electronic apparatus; determining whether the sensing parameter matches with a preset operation; and adjusting the first display parameter of at least one of the N icons if the sensing parameter matches with the preset operation. | 12-29-2016 |
20220137758 | UPDATING DISPLAY OF WORKSPACES IN A USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING WORKSPACES IN RESPONSE TO USER INPUT - Providing a bridge interface for managing virtual workspaces is disclosed. A plurality of workspace images is presented in a user interface, each workspace image corresponding to a different virtual workspace available to a user of a computer system. A user can generate new virtual workspaces using an appropriate user input, such as by selecting a user interface object for generating new virtual workspaces. In some implementations, a new thumbnail image representing the new virtual workspace can be automatically created after the user opts for creation of the new workspace. | 05-05-2022 |