Distributed software construction for user interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods according to the present invention provide software constructs (bricks) usable to create zoomable user interfaces. Bricks provide for parameterized variation of graphical displays, are reusuable and cascade across different scenes in the user interface.

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Distributed software architecture for user interface The inventors of the US patent application entitled "Distributed Software Architecture for User Interfaces" are: Charles W.K. Gridon, Dave Offdehead, Kevin Conroy, Neal Goya Er, Frank A. Henlet, Stephen Scheile and Daniel S. Simpkins. Related application This application is related to the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 641,406 entitled "Distributed Software Architecture with Program Blocks" filed on January 5, 2005, and claims its priority. The disclosure of the patent application is approved The reference is incorporated into this article. Background technique The present invention describes an architecture for organizing, selecting and launching media items. A part of the framework includes the design and operation of the graphical user interface of the basic building blocks of positioning, clicking, scrolling, hovering, and zooming. More specifically, it relates to graphics associated with media items that can ...

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Furthermore, the latter problem can also be troublesome since e.g. set-top boxes often have to overcome severe bandwidth constraints

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