WO2013033040A2 - Technologie d'interaction utilisateur permettant de gérer des activités associées à des logiciels et à des applications sur des dispositifs électroniques - Google Patents

Technologie d'interaction utilisateur permettant de gérer des activités associées à des logiciels et à des applications sur des dispositifs électroniques Download PDF

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WO2013033040A2
WO2013033040A2 PCT/US2012/052564 US2012052564W WO2013033040A2 WO 2013033040 A2 WO2013033040 A2 WO 2013033040A2 US 2012052564 W US2012052564 W US 2012052564W WO 2013033040 A2 WO2013033040 A2 WO 2013033040A2
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Thomas Sachson
Anita TAFF-RICE
Hieu Tran
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Freeband Technologies, Inc.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2340/00—Aspects of display data processing
    • G09G2340/14—Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed

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  • the present invention is in the technical field of electronic device usage and the manner in which functional software and/or applications resident upon such device may communicate via visual display rendered icons to the user of such electronic device relevant, granular, and timely performance characteristic information pertaining to the use of such device, the relevant, granular, and timely performance characteristic information pertaining to the software and/or applications resident upon such device, and/or the relevant, granular, and timely performance characteristic information pertaining to associated services that are enabled through the use of such device running said software and/or applications.
  • the present invention is in the technical field of communication network connected devices, whether connected to a network via wireless means, connected to a network via wireline means, or connected to a network via a combination of wireless and wired means, and is typically represented by mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, PDAs, laptop computers, desktop computers, TV sets, set top boxes, game consoles, digital video recorders, watches, embedded systems, household appliances, vehicles, industrial devices, medical devices, or analogous electronic devices communicating with and through such network.
  • the present invention is a software implementation on any one or more electronic devices (such as mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, PDAs, laptop computers, desktop computers, TV sets, set top boxes, game consoles, digital video recorders, watches, embedded systems, household appliances, vehicles, industrial devices, medical devices, or analogous electronic devices) where such device is connected to the Internet or an analogous network through either wireless and/or wired means (cellular, DSL, Wi-Fi, etc.) and hosts subject software programs and/or applications (e.g., applications for Android, Apple, Windows, and analogous systems, each being a "subject app") for affecting various tasks on such device, and where the invention herein enables a subject app icon or an analogous representative iconic feature associated with a subject app (herein the "subject app icon”) on the electronic device display to change its display characteristics (changes to any one or more of the subject app icon's color, shape, size, luminosity, motion, or other analogous visual rendering) that can denote a change in the status of the
  • the concept of a subject app's functionality is to be construed broadly and can relate to a variety of performance capabilities associated with such subject app, including but limited to denoting changes in subject app bandwidth properties (speed of data consumed by the subject app, price of data consumed by the subject app, availability of data to be consumed of the subject app, etc.), as well as changes to properties relating to non-bandwidth specific features such as the price, availability, and conditions for accessing online and offline content, goods, and services associated with such subject app, as well as other functionalities associated with such subject app that can be reasonable envisioned by those versed in the art.
  • the invention allows a subject app (via the subject app icon) to communicate to an end-user that the subject app has free bandwidth associated with it at that particular moment by having the subject app icon turning green where such subject app is capable of being used by the end-user without the end-user incurring a charge for bandwidth consumed by such subject app.
  • a subject app via the subject app icon
  • the subject app icon turning green
  • the subject app is capable of being used by the end-user without the end-user incurring a charge for bandwidth consumed by such subject app.
  • that same subject app utilizing the current invention could have its subject app icon turn red when the free bandwidth associated with such subject app is no longer available to the end-user and that the end-user will now incur a bandwidth charge for utilizing the subject app so long as the subject app icon remains red.
  • the subject app icon could be yellow to convey a reduced bandwidth price condition (not entirely free, but instead partially free or subsidized), and the subject app icon could further combine other changes to its appearance (addition of letters, numbers, change in size, shape, glowing elements, flashing, etc.) to convey more complex changes in functionality status pertaining to the subject app.
  • the current invention with its dynamic and various methods and techniques for conveying subject app functionality information to an end-user via a dynamically changing subject app icon is novel, non-obvious, and highly useful.
  • the subject app icon can change color in reverse order, representing the gradual replenishment of functionality to the subject app.
  • the current invention enables the subject app icon to gradually change size (e.g., going from large to small; or small to large) to represent the gradual depletion or replenishment of a particular functionality to the subject app.
  • the current invention enables the subject app icon to gradually change shape (e.g., going from square to circle; or circle to square) to represent the gradual depletion or replenishment of a particular functionality to the subject app.

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L'invention concerne un code logiciel spécialisé qui est incorporé à l'intérieur d'une ou plusieurs applications logicielles résidentes sur un dispositif électronique où l'icône de l'application logicielle sujet représentée visuellement sur l'écran du dispositif change ses propriétés visuelles pour communiquer des changements à l'utilisateur d'un tel dispositif au fur et à mesure et lorsque l'une ou plusieurs des fonctionnalités, options, et/ou autres caractéristiques de l'application logicielle sujet résidente changent, que ce soit par conception, circonstance de changement ou selon l'instruction d'un tiers (par exemple, le fournisseur de l'application logicielle sujet, le fournisseur du dispositif, ou le fournisseur de bande passante).
PCT/US2012/052564 2011-08-30 2012-08-27 Technologie d'interaction utilisateur permettant de gérer des activités associées à des logiciels et à des applications sur des dispositifs électroniques WO2013033040A2 (fr)

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