Resizable graphical user interface
AssigneeAerocast.com, Inc.
InventorsMark R. Thompson, Nathan F. Raciborski
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Abstract
A system for providing reconfigurable graphical user interfaces. An original GUI, such as one might use to control an audio or video player application program, is modified by a designer such that the end-user of the GUI can alter individual subsections of the GUI or alternatively designate such sections as non-reconfigurable. The designer thus controls the properties of the GUI, while allowing the end-user to individual aspects of the GUI.
Claims19
A method of providing a graphical user interface for control of a program, said method comprising:
- providing an initial configuration of said graphical user interface for use by a user to control an application program;
- configuring a subsection of said graphical user interface so as to allow said user to reconfigure the shape of said subsection;
- and
- providing a control accessible by said user wherein said control is operable by said user to independently reconfigure the shape of said subsection of said graphical user interface in a plurality of user desired configurations in response to operation of said control by said user without supplying an input to said application program controlled by said graphical user interface and without altering the function of said graphical user interface.
A method of formatting a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface;
- defining a subsection of said graphical user interface;
- designating said subsection of said graphical user interface as reconfigurable, so that a user can reconfigure said subsection without reconfiguring the entire graphical user interface;
- and
- providing a control accessible by said user wherein said control is operable by said user to independently reconfigure the shape of said subsection of said graphical user interface in a plurality of user desired configurations in response to operation of said control by said user without supplying an input to an application program controlled by said graphical user interface and without altering the function of said graphical user interface.
A method of formatting a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface;
- defining a subsection of said graphical user interface;
- designating said subsection of said graphical user interface as non-reconfigurable, so that a user can reconfigure the remainder of said graphical user interface without reconfiguring said subsection of said graphical user interface;
- and
- providing a control accessible by said user wherein said control is operable by said user to independently reconfigure the shape of said remainder of said graphical user interface in a plurality of user desired configurations in response to operation of said control by said user without supplying an input to an application program controlled by said graphical user interface and without altering the function of said graphical user interface.
A method of formatting a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface;
- designating a subsection of said graphical user interface;
- defining spatial properties of said subsection;
- providing a control accessible by a user wherein said control is operable by said user to independently reconfigure the shape of said subsection of said graphical user interface in a plurality of user desired configurations in response to operation of said control by said user;
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- permitting a user to reconfigure said graphical user interface with said control while retaining said spatial properties of said subsection and without supplying an input to an application program controlled by said graphical user interface and without altering the function of said graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.