Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120035925 | Population of Lists and Tasks from Captured Voice and Audio Content - Automatic capture and population of task and list items in an electronic task or list surface via voice or audio input through an audio recording-capable mobile computing device is provided. A voice or audio task or list item may be captured for entry into a task application interface or into a list authoring surface interface for subsequent use as task items, reminders, “to do” items, list items, agenda items, work organization outlines, and the like. Captured voice or audio content may be transcribed locally or remotely, and transcribed content may be populated into a task or list authoring surface user interface that may be displayed on the capturing device (e.g., mobile telephone), or that may be stored remotely and subsequently displayed in association with a number of applications on a number of different computing devices. | 02-09-2012 |
20130080913 | MULTI-COLUMN NOTEBOOK INTERACTION - A note taking application displays a notebook with a multi-column hierarchical navigation display. Each column has navigation elements that are activated to navigate through one or more notebooks. The user can control the display to expose more or fewer navigation columns. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080966 | USER EXPERIENCE FOR NOTEBOOK CREATION AND INTERACTION - A note taking application displays a notebook with a multi-column hierarchical navigation display. Each column has navigation elements that are activated to navigate through one or more notebooks. The user can control the display to expose more or fewer navigation columns. | 03-28-2013 |
20150277682 | SCALABLE USER INTERFACE DISPLAY - A method for displaying a scalable user interface on a display device includes arranging multiple regions of application functionalities and information for display substantially in-line within a designated area of an application, identifying an amount of space available to the user interface within the designated area of the application, comparing the amount of available application space with an amount of space used by the multiple regions of application functionalities and information, and adjusting the visual display of at least one of the multiple regions of application functionalities and information according to one or more predetermined scaling priorities to accommodate the available space within the designated area of the application. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277708 | COMMAND USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND SCALING SELECTABLE CONTROLS AND COMMANDS - Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon. | 10-01-2015 |
20150286386 | PROGRESSIVE FUNCTIONALITY ACCESS FOR CONTENT INSERTION AND MODIFICATION - Progressive functionality command and object access for object and other content insertion and modification are provided. In a software application user interface, when a given command is selected, where the command is a parent command having one or more child commands, a subset of all available child commands under the selected parent command may be provided in the user interface in proximity to the selected parent command. If a user needs more or different commands than are presented in the subset, a contextual pane may be selectively presented in the user interface having a number of additional available commands for selection by the user. Once the contextual pane is displayed, it may stay displayed until it is manually or automatically dismissed. | 10-08-2015 |
20150378600 | CONTEXT MENU UTILIZING A CONTEXT INDICATOR AND FLOATING MENU BAR - A context menu in an application user interface displays a context indicator in response to user interaction that places an insertion pointer or selects content in the application user interface. The context indicator is configured to invoke a floating menu having a set of contextual commands. The contextual commands of the floating menu include a parent command that is configured to open a submenu. The submenu includes a plurality of submenu commands associated with the parent command. The context menu displays a selectable button appended to the context indicator without presenting the underlying floating menu and submenu. The selectable button is configured to execute a predicted command that corresponds to one of a contextual command of the floating menu or a submenu command of the submenu. | 12-31-2015 |
20160132195 | APPLICATION COMMAND CONTROL FOR SMALLER SCREEN DISPLAY - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe an application command control user interface menu to facilitate user interaction between a user and a mobile application. On a processing device, a mobile application is launched where the mobile application comprises an application command control user interface menu displayable within a defined display space of the mobile application. The application control user interface menu is displayed within the defined display space. A tab comprises one or more user interface elements for application command control. Input is received for selection of a tab of the application control user interface menu. In response to the received input, display of the application command control user interface menu is modified to display one or more tabs within the defined display space. Other examples are also described. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132203 | APPLICATION COMMAND CONTROL FOR SMALL SCREEN DISPLAY - Examples of the present disclosure describe application command control for small screen display. When detecting a display width associated with a processing device is equal to or less than a threshold value, the processing device launches an application command control programmed for display on small screens. The application command control interfaces with an application and comprises a plurality of top-level palettes and a plurality of drill-in palettes programmed for the application. A top-level palette for the application is vertically scrollable and comprises a collection of rows comprising one or more selectable command elements. A row of the one or more command elements of the top-level palette comprises a drill-in feature that when selected presents a drill-in palette. A drill-in palette is vertically scrollable and comprises one or more rows of selectable command elements. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132234 | USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATION COMMAND CONTROL - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe an application command control user interface menu to facilitate user interaction between a user and a mobile application. An application command control menu is displayed on a display screen of a processing device. An input may be received into an application canvas of a launched application. The application canvas may be positioned above the application command control menu on the display screen. In response to a received input into the application canvas, a soft input keyboard application may be displayed. The soft input keyboard application may display below the application command control menu on the display screen. A selection may be received in the application command control menu. In response to the received selection, display of the application command control menu may be expanded to replace display on the soft input keyboard application on the display screen. Other examples are also described. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132301 | PROGRAMMATIC USER INTERFACE GENERATION BASED ON DISPLAY SIZE - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe programmatic generation of a user interface for display on a processing device. A display class is determined from a plurality of display classes based on a detected display size of a processing device on which the user interface is to display. Prior to instantiating a user interface window, a stored user interface definition is identified and interpreted. The stored user interface definition comprises at least one programmed command object. A displayed user interface is instantiated on the processing device, where the displayed user interface comprises at least one user interface element. The user interface element is programmatically generated by translating the programmed command object of the user interface definition into the user interface element based on operations set in accordance with the determined display class. Other examples are also described. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132992 | USER INTERFACE SCALING FOR DEVICES BASED ON DISPLAY SIZE - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe adaptively scaling a user interface based on detection of a display size associated with a connected processing device. A display size associated with a connected processing device is detected. A display class is determined based on the detected display size. A user interface for an application is launched based on the determined display class. Other examples are also described. | 05-12-2016 |