Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100031186 | Accelerated Panning User Interface Interactions - A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space. | 02-04-2010 |
20110040996 | PROVIDING A USER WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user with feedback regarding power consumption in a battery-operated electronic device. In one aspect, a method performed by data processing apparatus includes identifying, using the data processing apparatus, usage of a hardware component of a battery-operated electronic device that includes the data processing apparatus, attributing the usage of the hardware component to the hardware component or to a software application that uses the hardware component, recording, using the data processing apparatus, a power consumption resulting from the usage, and presenting power consumption feedback to a user using the data processing apparatus. The power consumption feedback identifies the hardware component or the software application of the electronic device and the power consumption resulting from the usage. | 02-17-2011 |
20110258565 | Extended Keyboard User Interface - The subject matter of this document can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes displaying, on a user interface of a computing device, a base portion of a keyboard. The method further includes receiving, on the user interface, a user input that includes initiating a contact at a first region of the user interface that is associated with the base portion of the keyboard, moving the contact, while maintaining connection with the user interface, to a second region of the user interface that is outside the first region and that is associated with an extended portion of the keyboard, and releasing the contact at a location within the second region. The method further includes activating a selection in the extended portion of the keyboard based on the location within the second region at which the contact is released. | 10-20-2011 |
20110285656 | Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented touch screen user interface method that includes displaying a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen computer interface, wherein the keys each include initial labels and a first key has multi-modal input capability that include a first mode in which the key is tapped and a second mode in which the key is slid across. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of sliding motion in a first direction by a user on the touch screen and over the first key. The method further includes determining modified key labels for at least some of the plurality of keys. The method further includes displaying the plurality of keys with the modified labels in response to identifying the occurrence of sliding motion on the touch screen and over the first key. | 11-24-2011 |
20120015695 | PROVIDING A USER WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user with feedback regarding power consumption in a battery-operated electronic device. In one aspect, a method performed by data processing apparatus includes identifying, using the data processing apparatus, usage of a hardware component of a battery-operated electronic device that includes the data processing apparatus, attributing the usage of the hardware component to the hardware component or to a software application that uses the hardware component, recording, using the data processing apparatus, a power consumption resulting from the usage, and presenting power consumption feedback to a user using the data processing apparatus. The power consumption feedback identifies the hardware component or the software application of the electronic device and the power consumption resulting from the usage. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019540 | Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented touch screen user interface method that includes displaying a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen computer interface, wherein the keys each include initial labels and a first key has multi-modal input capability that include a first mode in which the key is tapped and a second mode in which the key is slid across. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of sliding motion in a first direction by a user on the touch screen and over the first key. The method further includes determining modified key labels for at least some of the plurality of keys. The method further includes displaying the plurality of keys with the modified labels in response to identifying the occurrence of sliding motion on the touch screen and over the first key. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023401 | EXTENDED KEYBOARD USER INTERFACE - The subject matter of this document can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes displaying, on a user interface of a computing device, a base portion of a keyboard. The method further includes receiving, on the user interface, a user input that includes initiating a contact at a first region of the user interface that is associated with the base portion of the keyboard, moving the contact, while maintaining connection with the user interface, to a second region of the user interface that is outside the first region and that is associated with an extended portion of the keyboard, and releasing the contact at a location within the second region. The method further includes activating a selection in the extended portion of the keyboard based on the location within the second region at which the contact is released. | 01-26-2012 |
20130007654 | Accelerated Panning User Interface Interactions - A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space. | 01-03-2013 |
20130042122 | PROVIDING A USER WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user with feedback regarding power consumption in a battery-operated electronic device. In one aspect, a method performed by data processing apparatus includes identifying, using the data processing apparatus, usage of a hardware component of a battery-operated electronic device that includes the data processing apparatus, attributing the usage of the hardware component to the hardware component or to a software application that uses the hardware component, recording, using the data processing apparatus, a power consumption resulting from the usage, and presenting power consumption feedback to a user using the data processing apparatus. The power consumption feedback identifies the hardware component or the software application of the electronic device and the power consumption resulting from the usage. | 02-14-2013 |
20140114957 | RE-USE OF BINARIES FOR MULTIPLE USER ACCOUNTS - A computing device has multiple user profiles. While a particular user profile is the currently-active user profile of a computing device, the computing device determines whether a binary that is not associated with the particular user profile is already stored at the computing device. In response to determining that the binary is not already stored at the computing device, the computing device downloads the binary from a computing system other than the computing device and associates the binary with the particular user profile. If the binary is already stored at the computing device, the computing device associates the binary with the particular user profile without downloading the binary again. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115490 | MULTI-USER PROCESS MANAGEMENT - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for managing user profiles and associated processes of a multi-user computing device. For example, a computing device executes processes associated with a plurality of active user profiles of the computing device, and determines that an aggregate memory allocation of the plurality of active user profiles exceeds a threshold. Responsive to the determining, the computing device selects an active user profile for which to stop activity and automatically stops the activity associated with the selected active user profile. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115514 | USER-SPECIFIC MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A mobile computing device can detect, for at least two respective user profiles of a plurality of user profiles, use of the component associated with the respective user profile. The mobile computing device can also determine, for each of the at least two respective user profiles, resource consumption caused by the detected use of the component over a period of time. The mobile computing device can further generate, for at least one of the at least two respective user profiles, a visual representation comprising an indication of the resource consumption caused by the detected use of the component associated with one of the respective user profiles, an indication of the component associated with the resource consumption associated with the one of the respective user profiles, and an indication of the one of the respective user profiles. | 04-24-2014 |