Method and apparatus for grouping and de-overlapping items in a user interface

US9087412B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY · FI

Inventors

• Mark Fulks · Danville, US
• Ashok Ravula · Cupertino, US
• Kenneth Walker · Concord, US
• Bamidele Adetokunbo · Dublin, US
• Srikanth Challa · San Jose, US
• Christophe Marle · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Licata · Mountain View, US
• Pankaj Jain · San Jose, US
• Matthew Johnson · Pensacola, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2015
• Expiry date: May 6, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/3635
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An approach is provided for grouping and de-overlapping items in a user interface. A display manager determines one or more items for rendering in a user interface. The display manager then causes, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items. The display manager further causes, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations. The display manager also causes, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof.