Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110291945 | User Interface with Z-Axis Interaction - A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide for control of the user interface based on input from a finger position sensor or a slider. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291946 | TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a rear-facing touch panel are described for implementing user interfaces in a handheld device. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291956 | HIERARCHICAL TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a hierarchically-arranged touchpad in conjunction with different types of user interfaces are described. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292268 | MULTI-REGION TOUCHPAD DEVICE - Techniques utilizing a multi-region touch panel are described for implementing user interfaces in various types of devices. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296351 | User Interface with Z-axis Interaction and Multiple Stacks - A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide multiple stacks of items laterally navigable into a viewable area of the display. | 12-01-2011 |
20120038552 | UTILIZATION OF INTERACTIVE DEVICE-ADJACENT AMBIENTLY DISPLAYED IMAGES - A telecommunication device configured to project an ambiently displayed image at a location proximate to the telecommunication device on a surface that is substantially parallel to a plane formed by a body of the telecommunication device is described herein. The telecommunication device is further configured to detect an interaction with the ambiently displayed image and perform an action based on the detected interaction. | 02-16-2012 |
20120040716 | DEVICE-ADJACENT AMBIENTLY DISPLAYED IMAGE - Telecommunication devices each having projection apparatuses capable of projecting ambiently displayed images at locations proximate to the telecommunication devices on surfaces that are substantially parallel to planes formed by the telecommunication devices are described herein. The telecommunication devices also have logic configured to provide predistorted images to the projection apparatuses, the predistorted images appearing without distortion when projected by the projection apparatuses on the surfaces in the ambiently displayed images. | 02-16-2012 |
20120075098 | Misplaced Device Recovery - Methods, articles, and systems for enabling the return of a misplaced device to a rightful user of the misplaced device are described herein. The misplaced device is configured to communicate with a misplaced device server, indicating to the misplaced device server that the misplaced device has been found. The misplaced device server is configured to provide the misplaced device and a returning user currently in possession of the misplaced device with information describing how to return the misplaced device to the rightful user. The misplaced device server is also configured to communicate with the rightful user, indicating to the rightful user that the misplaced device has been found. | 03-29-2012 |
20120188876 | Smart Connection Manager - A telecommunication device configured to perform at least one of adjusting a network polling frequency, prompting a user to select one of a plurality of networks, automatically connecting to one of the networks, or automatically disconnecting from one of the networks is described herein. The telecommunication device performs the adjusting, prompting, or connecting based at least on received device data or network data that is associated with the networks. | 07-26-2012 |
20140050118 | Smart Connection Manager - A telecommunication device configured to perform at least one of adjusting a network polling frequency, prompting a user to select one of a plurality of networks, automatically connecting to one of the networks, or automatically disconnecting from one of the networks is described herein. The telecommunication device performs the adjusting, prompting, or connecting based at least on received device data or network data that is associated with the networks. | 02-20-2014 |