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User interface for mobile computer unit

US9164654B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 2009
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/22
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user interface to access visual gadgets for program applications, wherein the user interface arranges the gadgets in a layout, wherein the layout pans, within a computer touch screen display, to bring a subset of the gadgets into the display and to move another subset of the gadgets out of the display, and in response to an object touching a specific gadget in the display that is not currently activated: activates the specific gadget's program application, replaces the specific gadget within the layout with a GUI window for the specific gadget's program application, wherein the GUI pans, within the window, to bring a portion of the GUI into the window and to move another portion of the GUI out of the window, and moves other gadgets within the layout in order to accommodate space for the window for the specific gadget's program application.

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