US Patent:
20090322790, Dec 31, 2009
Inventors:
Yves Behar - Oakland CA, US
Joshua Morenstein - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher Hibmacronan - Oakland CA, US
Naoya Edahiro - San Francisco CA, US
Matthew David Day - San Francisco CA, US
Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington - North Chelmsford MA, US
Noah Bruce Guyot - Mill Valley CA, US
Daniel Kuo - San Francisco CA, US
Jenea Boshart Hayes - Castro Valley CA, US
Aaron Tang - Somerville MA, US
Donald Francis Fischer - Charlestown MA, US
Christian Marc Schmidt - Brooklyn NY, US
Lisa Strausfeld - New York NY, US
David Livingstone Fore - Oakland CA, US
Marc Gallucci - Boston MA, US
Eric Sutton - Roslindale MA, US
Samuel Wallace Webber - Roxbury MA, US
Christine Meahan - Charlestown MA, US
Philip Henson - Boston MA, US
John Chuang - Brookline MA, US
Chris Bambacus - Framingham MA, US
International Classification:
G09G 5/00
G06F 3/048
Abstract:
Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Different views of are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to transition the device from one configuration to another during its use, for example from easel to laptop modes. Further the elements that comprise the graphical user interface are configured to present a summarized view of available actions and content, in order to simplify user interaction. The different views present different organizations of the interface elements and in some example display only certain ones of the modes of content in order to reduce the number of options a user must navigate to accomplish an objective. According to another aspect, methods and systems for streamlining user interaction with computer content are provided. In some embodiments, streamlining includes pre-configuring a user device based on received information. Other embodiments include presenting consistent visual representations used to navigated to views that present computer content.