# US 2016/0259488 A1 · Navigation user interface for compact mobile devices

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- Number: US 2016/0259488 A1
- Document ID: US20160259488A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/696,109
- Filed: 2015-04-24
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06
- Assignees: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Applicants: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Inventors: Stephanie Suk Hing CHAN; Johnny Key Jye CHEN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160259488A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06Q 30/0235: constrained by time limit or expiration date
- G06Q 30/0643: {graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation}
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A computer-implemented method for navigating time-based offers includes rendering a display image of a watch dial, symbols corresponding to each hour on the watch dial, and one or more time indicators, where each symbol corresponds to a time-based offer. The method also includes determining whether or not a touch event sensed at the touch display complies with a predefined gesture, and assigning, in response to the touch event complying with the predefined gesture, an action based on the predefined gesture, a display context and a temporal context.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for navigating time-based offers, the method comprising:
rendering, with a processor, on a touch display a display image of a watch dial, a time indicator that indicates a current time, and symbols corresponding to hours on the watch dial, each symbol corresponding to a time-based offer;
determining whether or not a touch event sensed at the touch display complies with a predefined gesture; and
assigning an action, in response to the touch event complying with the predefined gesture, the action based on the predefined gesture, a display context associated with the touch event and a temporal context associated with the touch event.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising acquiring positional information sensed at the touch display over a period of time.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
assigning a signification to the touch event, the signification associated with the predefined gesture, a display context and a temporal context; and
creating a product image layout in response to the signification assigned to the touch event.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising:
combining the product image layout with a watch dial image layout; and
rendering a composite display image comprising the product image layout and the watch dial image layout.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising adding a textual content to the composite display image.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising combining the product image layout and the watch dial image layout with an opaque layout having a relatively low luminescence, wherein the product image layout has a relatively high luminescence that provides a marked contrast against the opaque layout.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the textual content comprises a price associated with a product corresponding to the product image layout.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising:
combining a purchase button layout with the product image layout; and
rendering a composite display image comprising the product image layout and the purchase button layout.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further comprising transacting a product purchase in response to the touch event complying with a predefined gesture corresponding to an area of the touch display correlated to a portion of the composite display image corresponding to the purchase button layout.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein each of the symbols represents a special product offer available during an hour beginning at a time corresponding to the respective symbol.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the touch event comprises a contact on the surface of the touch display comprising at least one of a tap, a swipe, a pinch, a flick, a mark, a line or a geometrical shape.

### Claim 12

A method for navigating time-based offers, the method comprising:
rendering, with a processor, a composite display image comprising a watch dial, a bezel including symbols corresponding to hours on the watch dial circumferentially surrounding the watch dial, each symbol corresponding to a time-based offer, and a seconds indicator circumferentially surrounded by the watch dial;
determining whether or not a first touch event complies with a predefined gesture; and
assigning, in response to the first touch event complying with the predefined gesture, an action associated with the predefined gesture, a display context and a temporal context.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein rendering the composite display image further comprises rendering the display image on a touch display.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein each of the symbols represents a special offer available during an hour beginning at a time corresponding to the respective symbol.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the composite display image further comprises an hour indicator and a minute indicator.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, further comprising superimposing a current offer image over a portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the seconds indicator in response to the predefined gesture corresponding to a central portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the watch dial.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, further comprising superimposing an opaque backdrop layout having a relatively low luminescence over portions of the composite display image, wherein the product image layout has a relatively high luminescence that provides a marked contrast against the opaque backdrop layout.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, further comprising highlighting a respective symbol corresponding to the current offer image, wherein the respective symbol corresponds to a current hour.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising superimposing an opaque backdrop layout having a relatively low luminescence over portions of the composite display image, wherein the respective symbol has a relatively high luminescence that provides a marked contrast against the opaque layout.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising highlighting a respective marking corresponding to a current hour, wherein the watch dial further comprises markings corresponding to each hour of the watch dial.

### Claim 21 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising superimposing a future offer image over the portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the seconds indicator in response to a second touch event corresponding to a clockwise swipe across the first respective symbol and a second respective symbol, the future offer image corresponding to the second respective symbol.

### Claim 22 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising superimposing a past offer image over the portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the seconds indicator in response to a second touch event corresponding to a counterclockwise swipe across the first respective symbol and a second respective symbol, the past offer image corresponding to the second respective symbol.

### Claim 23 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising rendering an offer detail image in response to a second touch event corresponding to a portion of the composite display image corresponding to the current offer image.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The method of claim 23, further comprising rendering a successive offer detail image corresponding to a next hour in response to a third touch event corresponding to a left-to-right swipe across the offer detail image.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The method of claim 23, further comprising rendering a previous offer detail image corresponding to a preceding hour in response to a third touch event corresponding to a right-to-left swipe across the offer detail image.

### Claim 26 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein the current offer image depicts one of a product offer or a service offer.

### Claim 27

A user interface for navigating time-based offers, the user interface comprising:
a rendition module that renders a display image of a watch dial and symbols corresponding to hours on the watch dial, each symbol corresponding to a time-based offer;
a recognition module that determines whether or not a touch event complies with a predefined gesture; and
an interpretation module that assigns, in response to the touch event complying with the predefined gesture, an action associated with the predefined gesture, a display context and a temporal context.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The user interface of claim 27, further comprising:
a layout module that creates, in response to the predefined gesture corresponding to a central portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the watch dial, a current offer image including offer information retrieved from a remote storage; and
a composition module that superimposes the current offer image over a portion of the composite display image circumferentially surrounded by the seconds indicator.