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US 2016/0077684 A1Published application
Systems and methods for displaying an expanding menu via a user interface
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsAgnes Liu, Shin-Yi Huang
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for presenting content to users using expanding menus. Among other things, the expanding menus allow a range of categories of content to be simultaneously presented to a user on a display, even on smaller devices where display space is at a premium.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- displaying, by a computing device, a plurality of menu bars via a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device, wherein each of the plurality of menu bars is displayed with a first width corresponding to a collapsed state;
- identifying, by the computing device, a first swipe gesture across the touch-sensitive display screen;
- and
- in response to the first swipe gesture, gradually increasing the width of each of the plurality of menu bars displayed on the touch-sensitive display screen.
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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
- display a plurality of menu bars via a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device, wherein each of the plurality of menu bars is displayed with a first width corresponding to a collapsed state;
- identify a first swipe gesture across the touch-sensitive display screen;
- and
- in response to the first swipe gesture, gradually increase the width of each of the plurality of menu bars displayed on the touch-sensitive display screen.
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A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory in communication with the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
- display a plurality of menu bars via a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device, wherein each of the plurality of menu bars is displayed with a first width corresponding to a collapsed state;
- identify a first swipe gesture across the touch-sensitive display screen;
- and
- in response to the first swipe gesture, gradually increase the width of each of the plurality of menu bars displayed on the touch-sensitive display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.