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US 2006/0150215 A1Published application
Scaling and layout methods and systems for handling one-to-many objects
AssigneeHillcrest Laboratories, Inc.
InventorFrank Wroblewski
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Abstract
Systems and methods according to the present invention provide layout structures and methods for user interfaces.
Claims36
A user interface displayed on a screen comprising:
- a plurality of control elements, at least some of said plurality of control elements having at least one alphanumeric character displayed thereon;
- a textbox for displaying alphanumeric characters entered using said plurality of control elements;
- and
- a plurality of groups of displayed items,
- wherein a layout of said plurality of groups on said user interface is based on a first number of groups which are displayed, and wherein a layout of said displayed items within a group is based on a second number of said items displayed within that group.
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A method for laying out items in a user interface comprising the steps of:
- laying out a plurality of groups of items within a group display space, said groups being laid out within said display space in a pattern which varies as a function of the number of said plurality of groups;
- and
- laying out, for each of said plurality of groups, a plurality of items within an item display space associated with a respective one of said plurality of groups, said items being laid out within a respective item display space in a pattern which varies as a function of the number of said plurality of items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.