Patent · US Expired

Graphical user interface for a mobile device

US7007242B2 · kind B2 · utility

73Cited by
10References
35Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 2002
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 11, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/04802
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile device comprising a display. In order to offer a user a more extensive immediate overview over the information available to a specific topic, it is proposed that the mobile device comprises processing means for presenting on the display a three-dimensional polyhedron as graphical user interface. Different pieces of information that are to be presented to a user of the mobile device are associated to different facets of this polyhedron, and the visible facets of the polyhedron present at least a hint on a respectively associated piece of information to a user of the mobile device. It is further proposed that the mobile device comprises means for enabling a user to cause the processing means to rotate the facets of the presented polyhedron. The invention relates equally to a corresponding graphical user interface and to a corresponding method for presenting such a graphical user interface.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.