Method and apparatus for locating regions of interest in a user interface

US9990112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

• Gregory D. Gudorf · San Diego, US
• Kenneth Alan Rudman · South Pasadena, US
• Vasil Nadzakov · Beverly Hills, US
• Andrew Yoon · Los Angeles, US
• Roger Yeh · San Marino, US
• Basil Badawiyeh · Parker, US
• Genevieve Marie Pinvidic · Burbank, US
• Dana Shawn Forte · Castaic, US
• Dan Han Diep · San Gabriel, US
• Samir M. Ahmed · Glendale, US
• Lee Douglas Shartzer · Valencia, US
• John Frederick Bishop · Santa Monica, US
• James Earl Booth, Jr. · Burbank, US
• Hao Chi Tran · El Monte, US
• Peter S. Lee · Calabasas, US
• Jason Douglas Pickersgill · Los Angeles, US
• Mark Leroy Walker · Castaic, US
• David Pettigrew · Corvallis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04806
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.