Snow Globe Interface for Electronic Weather Report
OwnerSteve Barnes, Christopher W. Kelly +1inventors
InventorsSteve Barnes, Christopher W. Kelly, Irene Cash
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Abstract
A portable computing device for displaying weather information. The device includes a transceiver configured to send and receive weather information, a display controller configured to generate a weather scene display including the weather information based on a received shaking input provide to the portable computing device and a display configured to present the generated weather scene display. The display controller is configured to display flitter configured to obscure the generated weather scene display during the receiving of the weather information and/or updating of the generated weather scene display.
Claims14
A portable computing device for displaying weather, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to send and receive weather information;
- a display controller configured to generate a weather scene display including the weather information based on a received shaking input provide to the portable computing device;
- and
- a display configured to present the generated weather scene display,
- wherein the display controller is configured to display flitter configured to obscure the generated weather scene display during the receiving of the weather information and/or updating of the generated weather scene display.
A computer-implemented method for displaying weather, comprising:
- requesting weather information using a transceiver based on a received shaking input;
- receiving updated weather information;
- generating a weather scene display including the updated weather information;
- displaying flitter configured to obscure a display during the receiving of the weather information and/or generation of the weather scene display;
- and
- displaying the generated weather scene display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.