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US 8,555,203 B1Granted
Stackable icons
AssigneeVerizon Laboratories Inc.
InventorsZhiying Jin, Fenglin Yin, Sharon Marie Walker, Jennifer Logan Stelling, David A. Philbin, Demetrios Karis, Hannah Y. Moon, William Christopher Smith
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) includes an icon stack comprising a plurality of icons in an area within the GUI, whereby the icons overlap. The GUI further includes at least one interstitial navigation box that is capable of displaying information about at least one item associated with one of the icons.
Claims21
A computing device that includes a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
- an icon stack comprising a plurality of icons in an area within the GUI, wherein:
- the area comprises a map image,
- each icon is displayed according to a physical location of an associated item as represented by a position on the map image, and
- the icons are displayed in an icon stack such that at least one of the icons partially overlaps at least one other icon if virtual circles for respective icons overlap, each virtual circle relating to one of the icons by either (1) being co-terminus with the icon if the icon is a circle, or, (2) if the icon is not a circle, having a radius extending from a center to a corner of an icon from which the virtual circle is drawn;
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- at least one interstitial navigation box that identifies an item associated with a respective one and only one of the icons.
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A method for displaying stackable icons in a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising:
- displaying a plurality of icons in an area in the GUI, wherein:
- the area comprises a map image,
- each icon is displayed according to a physical location of an associated item as represented by a position on the map image, and
- an icon stack is created in which the icons are displayed such that at least one of the icons partially overlaps at least one other icon if virtual circles for respective icons overlap, each virtual circle relating to one of the icons by either (1) being co-terminus with the icon if the icon is a circle, or, (2) if the icon is not a circle, having a radius extending from a center to a corner of an icon from which the virtual circle is drawn;
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- displaying an interstitial navigation box that identifies an item associated with a respective one and only one of the icons.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.