Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for immersive navigation between one or more views. That is, an immersive user interface may display a first view (e.g., an image) depicting one or more entities (e.g., a person, a location, an object, a building, etc.). Responsive to a user expressing interest in (e.g., selecting) a first entity depicted within the first view, the immersive user interface may display one or more views depicting the first entity without removing the user from an immersive experience (e.g., the immersive user interface may remain in a substantially full-screen view mode, a substantially edge-to-edge view mode, a 3-D mode, etc.). Responsive to the user expressing interest in (e.g., selecting) a second entity depicted within a currently displayed view, the immersive user interface may display one or more views depicting the second entity without removing the user from the immersive experience.

Abstract: A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.

Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for displaying windows on a touchscreen device. Plural graphical objects are displayed on a touchscreen of the touchscreen device, each graphical object being associated with an application. Multiple touch presses that are at least partially overlapping in time are detected on the touchscreen, each touch press corresponding to a respective one of the plural graphical objects. The applications associated with the graphical objects corresponding to the multiple touch presses are identified. A release of the multiple touch presses is detected. In response to detecting the release, a display arrangement to reduce overlapping of windows for the identified applications is determined. The windows for the identified applications are displayed on the touchscreen based on the determined display arrangement.

Abstract: Commercially available applications which display information via a graphical user's interface can be supplemented with additional related information. The related information can be automatically extracted and overlaid on the information with the assistance of a pre-established ontology.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing content previews. One apparatus operates to display one or more user interface controls as a foreground against a background on a display device; receive user input resulting in a user interface state that has an associated action; and display as the background a preview of the associated action. In another aspect, the user input gives focus to a user interface control that has associated content; and a preview of the associated content is displayed without further action on the part of the user. In another aspect, user interface controls are displayed; and giving input focus to a particular user interface control that has associated content causes an apparatus to play a preview of the associated content without further action on the part of a user.

Abstract: An application-switching program displays representations of applications, for example icons, on a screen of a device. As a user of the device navigates between the representations, a screen of the application to a representation of which the user has currently navigated is shown in the background of the display.

Abstract: A plurality of graphics objects are assigned to a quad-tree structure corresponding to a display. It is determined whether another graphics object overlaps with a display area corresponding to a node of the quad-tree structure. When the other graphics object overlaps with the display area, it is determined whether the other graphics object intersects with any graphics objects belonging to the node.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering overlapped objects are provided. In the method, multiple objects are sorted according to rendering properties thereof and placed into a source chain. As for a target object in the source chain, an object first overlapped with the target object is successively searched. If no overlapped object is found, the target object is moved to a target chain. Otherwise, a blending object is generated by blending an overlapping area of the target object and overlapped object according to an alpha-blending property thereof and the blending object and all non-overlapping areas of the target object and overlapped object are inserted respectively as a new object into the source chain. The above steps are repeated until all objects in the source chain are moved to the target chain. Finally, the objects in the target chain are rendered on an electronic device.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes controlling the differentiation of gestures in a graphical user interface (GUI). In one implementation, a GUI has a first region including a first interactive user interface object, a second region including a second interactive user interface object, and a third region without any interactive user interface objects. The method can include receiving an indication of a first input at the first user interface object within the first region, and increasing, in response and for a dwell time, a size of the third region, wherein the resized third region overlays a portion of the second region. After resizing, the GUI may decline to perform an action associated with the second user interface object in the second region when a second input is received near the second user interface object and within the resized third region.

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing and displaying content are disclosed. An example method of operation may include initializing two or more windows on a mobile device, and displaying a first window of the two or more windows on the mobile device. The method may also include receiving an on-screen switcher indication causing a display view change from the first window being displayed to a combination of the first window and at least one more additional windows being displayed. The method may also include determining a space amount for each of the two or more windows, adjusting a size of each of the two or more windows based on the space amount. The method may further include displaying a frame around each of the two or more windows with the respective adjusted size, and displaying each frame overlaid on top of one another. The example method provides multiple web pages to be concurrently active in a common viewing area of a mobile display device.

Abstract: A local computing device may use a remote computing device to host various resources on behalf of the local computing device. The local computing device may receive data related to a graphical window of the remotely hosted resource and generate a graphical window on the local desktop environment for the remotely hosted resource. The local computing device may also update a taskbar to include the remote hosted resource. Window previews may also be generated by the local computing device and the window previews may include snapshots or dynamic images of the graphical window for the remotely hosted resource. In some instances, the snapshots may be provided to the local computing device from the remote computing device.

Abstract: An event associated with a viewable area of an encapsulated component that represents at least a portion of content associated with a user interface component is detected. A determination is made that the event will result in at least a portion of the viewable area of the encapsulated component being outside of a viewable area of the user interface component. The content associated with the user interface component is adjusted automatically to display at least the portion of the viewable area of the encapsulated component within the viewable area of the user interface component.

Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: an operation receiving unit that receives an operational input made by a user for moving a display area that has area that overlaps with a predetermined area; a display controlling unit that controls a display unit to display a graphic in the display area; a determining unit that determines a velocity of movement of the display area in accordance with a value derived from the operational input, and; an area managing unit that manages the display area to move the display area at the velocity of movement under a condition that, when a portion of the display area moves outside a predetermined portion of the predetermined area, a distance between the display area and the predetermined area does not exceed a threshold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering overlapped objects are provided. In the method, multiple objects are sorted according to rendering properties thereof and placed into a source chain. As for a target object in the source chain, an object first overlapped with the target object is successively searched. If no overlapped object is found, the target object is moved to a target chain. Otherwise, a blending object is generated by blending an overlapping area of the target object and overlapped object according to an alpha-blending property thereof and the blending object and all non-overlapping areas of the target object and overlapped object are inserted respectively as a new object into the source chain. The above steps are repeated until all objects in the source chain are moved to the target chain. Finally, the objects in the target chain are rendered on an electronic device.

Abstract: A multi-screen synthesizing apparatus and method have been disclosed by the present invention. Display data of windows required to be displayed on the display terminal are mapped onto at least one logical screen by storing data in a video memory. Each of the windows is correlated with a set of window registers, and the location coordinates of the window and the identification of the corresponding logical screen are stored into the window register set when displaying the windows, the window register set having the highest priority level are found out, based on the location coordinates of the current scanning pixel, as the selected window register. The display data corresponding to the current pixel are read out from the logical screen corresponding to the selected window register and output to the display terminal.

Abstract: To simplify an operation for displaying or hiding windows, depending on a user or usage by the user. An information-processing device, according to the present invention, stores for each window, a time during which the window has been displayed together with another window (simultaneous display time), as a relevance table. The information-processing device, when receiving an instruction to display a window (subject window), refers to a relevance table for the subject window to identify a window whose simultaneous display time is the longest (simultaneous display window), and displays the subject window and the simultaneous display window. Also, the information-processing device, when receiving an instruction to hide a subject window, hides the subject window and a simultaneous display window.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for presenting information is provided. In an embodiment, an electronic device with wireless telephony features is provided. An embodiment includes a flexible dialog box tailored to the resources limitations of electronic devices.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen, a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to a twist bending when in response to the sensed bending being the is twist bending. The twist bending is a bending in which two bending lines are formed in opposing bending directions and meet at a certain side of the display, a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the sensed twist bending.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: A method includes: displaying a group of selectable objects in a first region of a display, each selectable object corresponding to a respective information item; detecting selection of a plurality of selectable objects in the group of selectable objects; in response to detecting selection of the plurality of selectable objects, displaying a pile of two or more information items corresponding to the plurality of selectable objects at a first location in a second region of the display, each information item having a partially overlapping position with a neighboring information item in the pile; detecting a gesture on the pile on the display; in response to detecting the gesture on the pile, moving the pile away from the first location in the second region; detecting lift-off of the gesture from the pile; and in response to detecting the lift-off, moving the pile back to the first location in the second region.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing the layout of a window is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays the window on a screen; the screen is divided into a plurality of display areas; a pointer-position-checking unit that checks the coordinate position of a pointer moved by a user and determines the one display area corresponding to the position of the checked pointer; and a window-size-adjusting unit that moves the window to the one display area where the pointer is positioned and adjusts the size of the window in proportion to the size of the one display area.

Abstract: A processing system may include a display device, a primary window manager, and an auxiliary window manager. The primary window manager may display a first remote-enabled window in the display device. The processing system may also include a program to generate a mouse-enabled window, and the primary window manager may prevent the mouse-enabled window from displaying in front of the first remote-enabled window. The auxiliary window manager may detect an attempt to display the mouse-enabled window, and, in response, may automatically display a second remote-enabled window in front of the first remote-enabled window. The second remote-enabled window may include an object that a user can select with a remote control to instruct the processing system to display the mouse-enabled window. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on a touch screen display of a portable multifunction device. The displayed portion has a vertical position and a horizontal position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object, a vertical bar and a horizontal bar are displayed on top of the displayed portion. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. The horizontal bar has a horizontal position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the horizontal position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar and of the horizontal bar is ceased.

Abstract: A video control system transfers a video signal to display a data/video integration menu and receives user instructions indicating user-selected data and display positioning for the user-selected data. The video control system transfers a data request and receives the user-selected data. The video control system receives video content. The video control system integrates the user-selected data and the video content into a video signal that positions the user-selected data relative to the video content according to the display positioning in the user instructions. The video control system transfers the video signal to display the integrated video content and user-selected data.

Abstract: A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display including the steps of rendering at least one elongated strip on opposing sides of a first window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device, associating at least one strip with a second window and at least one strip with a third window wherein the strips are each configured to transition one of the second and third windows to the forefront of the electronic display upon selection of the respective strip by the user through the user interface device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a processor, a storage device, a display device that displays a list of files accessible by the processor which list is sorted using an item of attribute information of the files as a sort key, a storing unit that stores information pertaining to display positions of the files within the list and information pertaining to the sort key used to sort the list in the storage device, a selecting unit that selects another item of attribute information of the files as a selected sort key, a sorting unit that executes re-sorting operations on the list using the selected sort key and generates a re-sorted list to be displayed by the display device, and a restoring unit that uses the information stored in the storage device to restore the re-sorted list back to the list displayed prior to execution of the re-sorting operations.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) element permits a user to control an application in both a coarse manner and a fine manner. When a cursor is moved to coincide or overlap the displayed GUI element, parameter adjustment is made at a first (coarse) granularity so that rapid changes to the target parameter can be made (e.g., displayed zoom level, image rotation or playback volume). As the cursor is moved away from the displayed GUI element, parameter adjustment is made at a second (fine) granularity so that fine changes to the target parameter can be made. In one embodiment, the further the cursor is moved from the displayed GUI element, the finer the control.

Abstract: Displaying overlapping windows from a client device. Windows are displayed at a client device with a first window overlapping a second window on a single display. The first window is a current window. The current window is based on front to back ordering of windows displayed at the client device. Pixels in a region of the first window are captured and sent to a display server. At the display server, the first window is displayed on a first display region. The second window becomes the current window, resulting in capturing and sending pixels in a region of the second window to the display server. At the display server, the second window is displayed on a second display region. At the display server, the first and second windows are displayed in a non-overlapping fashion by displaying the first window and the second window on separate display regions.

Abstract: A screen recording method and apparatus, and a recording medium for storing program sources for the method are provided. The screen recording method in a terminal includes generating a first layer to display a user interface for screen recording at a request of a user while a screen made up of at least one layer is displayed; displaying a screen resulting from combination of the at least one layer and the first layer in a predetermined display area; and recording the screen made up of the at least one layer upon request to start screen recording through the user interface.

Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a display which displays a screen, a storage which stores at least one template for defining a layout according to which a plurality of application windows is arranged on the screen, a user interface which receives a user command, and a controller which controls the display to arrange and display the plurality of application windows based on a template selected by the user command from among the at least one template on the screen.

Abstract: Stack elements corresponding to system object are associated with a stack item and aggregated in the stack item. A context engine provides contextual control of the stack item and stack elements.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a controlling method of the same are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application; displaying a second screen corresponding to a second application above the first screen such that the second screen overlaps at least a portion of the first screen; and displaying at least a portion of the second screen that overlaps the portion of the first screen, while controlling the first application.

Abstract: A system (130) improves network management. The system (130) associates an event in the network with a network device and provides a geographical map (710). The geographical map (710) displays locations of network devices and indicates which network devices are associated with at least one event.

Abstract: Methods for enabling discovery of content through an augmented reality service provisioning system. A first augmented reality client running on user equipment is provided, wherein the first augmented reality client is embedded in a third-party application, and is configured to allow a user to view at least part of the content offered by the augmented reality service provisioning system. A first input is received from a user through a user interface provided by the user equipment, wherein said first input indicates the user's interest to discover other content. In response to receiving the first input, a request is transmitted to a server in the augmented reality service provisioning system to retrieve relevant content from the other content; wherein the other content is content that the first augmented reality client is not configured to view.

Abstract: A data displaying method and apparatus is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a touch action coordinate triggered in a displaying page by a user; intercepting a first region from the displaying page, wherein the center of the first region is the touch action coordinate and the size of the first region is a predefined value that is determined by the size of a magnifier to be drawn; magnifying the first region, and taking the magnified first region as a brush pattern, wherein the magnification of the first region is determined by the magnification of the magnifier; and calculating a second region for drawing the magnifier in the displaying page, and drawing and displaying the magnifier in the second region by using the brush pattern. By the method and apparatus, a magnifier function can be realized on a Symbian platform, and the user can accurately select wanted characters.

Abstract: A mockup image can be received at a user interface designer module and a representation of the mockup image can be overlaid with a representation of a user interface that is under construction. One or more visual features of the user interface and one or more visual features of the mockup image can be matched. Also, one or more guides can be matched to one or more features in a mockup image, and one or more features of a user interface that is under construction can be automatically matched to the one or more guides.

Abstract: A terminal including a communication unit configured to receive a broadcasting signal, a display unit configured to display a broadcast content included in the received broadcasting signal and to display at least one widget application, and a control unit configured to determine if the received broadcasting signal includes a caption related to the broadcast content, to determine if the caption is to be displayed at a position that will overlap with at least a portion of the displayed widget application when the caption is included in the broadcasting signal, and to move a position of the widget application on the display unit if the caption is determined to be displayed at the position that will overlap with said at least the portion of the displayed widget application.

Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with a computer readable medium and a computing device on which the method is implemented. In the method a modified base image is overlaid with a modified overlay image on a display and either the modified base image or modified overlay image is moved by the user. Positive authentication is indicated in response to alignment of a base image reference point and an overlay image reference point and an indication of a correct level of pressure applied to a pressure sensitive input device.

Abstract: A content display method for a mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes at least two hierarchical structures each having at least two contents at a level. The content display method includes: displaying, in response to selection of a content, a window associated with the selected content; displaying, in response to input of a multi-window display request, windows associated with contents at the same level as the selected content together on a single screen; and rearranging, in response to input of a window movement request, the content windows by window movement to display the rearranged content windows together on a single screen. As a result, same-level contents or application windows in execution can be displayed together on a single screen according to a user request. Hence, the user can readily transition between contents or applications with enhanced user convenience.

Abstract: Techniques for an auto adjustable pane view are described, including receiving a request to display a plurality of elements in a pane, the pane located in a display space, determining a number and a size of the a plurality of elements, and sizing the pane based on the number of the plurality of elements and the size of the plurality of elements, wherein the sizing is also based on minimizing unused space in the pane.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device, and relates to the field of electronic device application. The disclosure is made to enable a user to perform image information processing while clearly viewing image information. The method comprises analyzing image information of a to-be-displayed image and/or a captured image; determining a display position of an interaction interface based on the result of analyzing; and displaying the interaction interface on a displaying unit based on the display position. The disclosure is mainly used in the process of taking phones by a mobile phone.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: In certain implementations, a first data element set associated with a first attribute may be provided on a user interface. Individual first data elements of the first data element set may each represent a first value associated with the first attribute. A control element set may be provided on the user interface. Individual control elements of the control element set may each represent an attribute. A first touch-based input indicating an association of a first one of the individual control elements with a first one of the individual first data elements may be received. Responsive to the indicated association, a second data element set associated with a second attribute that is represented by the first one of the individual control elements may be provided on the user interface.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating collections with automatic suggestions is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a user specification containing at least one unquantified constraint defining particular items contained in a library, where the library comprises a plurality of items and metadata associated with each item in the plurality of items; parsing and translating the at least one unquantified constraint into at least one quantified constraint to define at least one item of the plurality of items in the library; creating a suggested collection comprising at least one suggested item selected from the library having metadata conforming to at least one quantified constraint; and refining the suggested collection to form a final collection.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to display windows. In more than one embodiments of the invention, a window is closed automatically (e.g., after a timer expires, or when a condition or criterion is met, or a system input is received) without user input. In some examples, the window is translucent so that the portion of another window, when present, is visible under the window. In some examples, the image of the window is faded out before the window is closed and destroyed. In some examples, the window does not close in response to any input from a user input device. In some examples, the window is repositioned (or hidden) automatically when another translucent window is displayed. The degree of translucency, the speed for fading out, the discrete levels of translucency for fading out, the time to expire, and/or other parameters for controlling the display of the window may be set by the user or adjusted by the system (or application software programs) automatically according to system conditions or other criteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying information or a part within a second application, such as a sidebar application. The part can be docked in the sidebar application or undocked from the sidebar application and can send corresponding docking messages in a docking protocol to the sidebar application based on the docking status of the part or the location of the part in relation to the sidebar application. Graphically depicted animations indicate to a user the docking and/or undocking processes.

Abstract: Methods and systems enable mobile TV providers to select programs for broadcast based on viewer preference indications or votes. Information regarding candidate programs or content may be broadcast and displayed on mobile devices. A voting user interface may receive viewer preferences or votes and transmit vote information to the mobile TV broadcast network using a unicast network. Received voting information may be tallied to select a program or content for broadcast. Interim vote tallies may be broadcast to mobile devices until a voting session is terminated. Results of the voting session may be broadcasted followed by broadcast of the selected program.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving device and a method for change one or more configurations of windows of a program guide displayed on a display unit of a broadcast receiving device according to a user input, are discussed.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining content to present on a display of a device. The method comprises presenting a first content in a first location in an application window of an application and presenting a second content in a second location in the application window of the application. The method further comprises receiving a user action and determining whether at least a portion of the first content will be obstructed due to the user action. The method further comprises presenting the first content in the second location based on a comparison of a first content priority value assigned to the first content and a second content priority value assigned to the second content in accordance with the determination.

Abstract: A system and method for arranging windows on a screen. The user interface program, called the Graphical User Interface (GUI), provides a user friendly system and method of viewing and/or interacting with computer application programs. The GUI prepares and presents a visual display. The arranging of active and inactive windows on the screen is configured according to prescribed formulas. The GUI also provides the user with a two or three dimensional spatial orientation of the data.