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Display container cell modification in a cell based EUI

AssigneeBroadband Graphics, LLC

InventorsSteve D. Taylor, Axel M. Koenig

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Abstract

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. In one embodiment, shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed in view re-sizing priorities of the display container cells and attributes of a host display container cell governing placement and/or alignment of immediately nested display container cells. In one embodiment, an efficient extended boundary method is employed.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor to execute programming instructions;
and
storage medium coupled to at least one processor, having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to be executed by the at least one processor to enable the apparatus to
receive a request to perform a selected one of removal and contraction of a selected one of a plurality of display container cells nested within a host display container cell of an end user interface of a display device;
perform the requested selected one of removal and contraction of the selected one of the nested display container cells, including at least one of
upsizing one or more of the other nested display container cells to consume all or some of the newly available space within the host display container cell, and
shifting one or more of the other nested display container cells to reposition one or more of the nested display container cells in view of the newly available space within the host display container cell,
in view of at least one of
re-sizing priorities of the other display container cells of said host display container cell, and
one or more attributes of said host display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor to execute programming instructions;
and
storage medium coupled to at least one processor, having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to be executed by the at least one processor to enable the apparatus to
receive a request to expand a selected one of a plurality of display container cells nested within a host display container cell of an end user interface of a display device,
form one or more extended continuous boundaries of the selected one of the nested display container cells,
determine expansion impact on one or more neighboring nested displayed container cells using the one or more extended continuous boundaries formed,
modify the impacted neighboring nested display container cells to accommodate the requested expansion of the selected one of the nested display container cells, and
expand the selected one of the nested display container cells as requested.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor to execute programming instructions;
and
storage medium coupled to at least one processor, having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to be executed by the at least one processor to enable the apparatus to
receive a request to contract a selected one of a plurality of display container cells nested within a host display container cell of an end user interface of a display device,
form one or more extended continuous boundaries of the selected one of the nested display container cells,
determine contraction impact on one or more neighboring nested displayed container cells using the one or more extended continuous boundaries formed,
contract the selected one of the nested display container cells as requested, and
modify the impacted neighboring nested display container cells to accommodate the requested contract of the selected one of the nested display container cells.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/136,679Filed 30 Apr 2002 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Apr 2001
Published: US 2002/0196287 A126 Dec 2002
Granted: 14 Mar 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G09G 5/14
Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators: display of multiple…
G09G 2370/027
Networking aspects: arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
G06F
Computing and data processing

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Application60/287,933Us provisional application · filed 30 Apr 2001
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US 2002/0196287 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Dec 2002
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