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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Priya Prakash, London, GB;
Inventor:
Priya Prakash, London, GB;
Assignee:
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04805 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44573 (2013.01);
Abstract
A graphical user interface for a computer program, the interface comprising an array of main panes each providing access to a particular aspect of the program, the panes being in register with one another at a vertex corresponding to the area in which all the panes meet, each of the panes being adapted to expand as a pointing device highlights a pane, the expansion of said pane relative to the other panes wherein the panes remain in register with one another at the vertex as a pane expands.