Lazy Susan menu graphical user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10503363-B2
Application number	US-201615341977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Priority date	Nov 2, 2016
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items on a computer display for selection by a user. A subset of the items is arranged along an arc that stretches across the display, and the items can be scrolled based on user input. The user can select an item displayed along the arc to navigate to a separate display that has information about the selected item. Users can select items for purchase from the various displays.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of operation in a device to display at least some of a set of user-selectable item icons, the method comprising:
initially causing a presentation of a first subset of the set of user-selectable item icons on a screen, in which a plurality of the user-selectable item icons comprising the first subset are angularly arrayed along an arc, wherein the arc is defined as curving about at least one virtual point located off the screen;
in response to a first scroll input,
causing a series of iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons comprising the first subset in which the user-selectable item icons comprising the first subset are presented at a plurality of viewable successive item-icon positions along the arc angularly movable in a first direction along the arc; and
as one of the user-selectable item icons that is part of the first subset moves angularly past a second end of the arc, causing a presentation proximate a first end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the first subset of the set of user-selectable item icons;

wherein the set of user-selectable item icons has a quantity of item icons that exceeds a sum of (a) a first quantity of the plurality of viewable successive item-icon positions along the arc and (b) a second quantity of a non-viewable virtual plurality of successive item-icon positions of a virtual extension of the arc defined as curving, off the screen, about the at least one virtual point, between the first and the second ends of the arc.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein causing a series of iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons includes causing the series of iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons in which the plurality of viewable successive item-icon positions are angularly arrayed at equally spaced intervals along the arc.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a first swipe as the first scroll input, the first swipe extending predominately in the first direction along the arc;
in response to the first scroll input,
causing a series of iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons comprising a second subset in which the user-selectable item icons comprising the second subset are presented at a plurality of viewable successive item-icon positions along the arc angularly movable along the arc; and
as one of the user-selectable item icons that is part of the second subset is moved past one end of the arc, causing a presentation proximate another end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the second subset.

4. The method of claim 3 where the screen has a first edge and at least a second edge, the second edge opposed to the first edge, and wherein causing a presentation proximate a first end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the first subset includes causing the presentation to iteratively present a progressively increasing portion of the user-selectable item icon that was not part of the first subset entering the screen along the first edge thereof.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein causing a presentation proximate another end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the second subset includes causing the presentation to iteratively present a progressively decreasing portion of the user-selectable item icon that was not part of the first subset exiting the screen along the first edge thereof.

6. The method of claim 3 where the screen has a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, a first corner where the first edge intersects the third edge and a second corner where the second edge intersects the third edge, and wherein causing a presentation proximate a first end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the first subset includes causing the presentation to iteratively present a progressively increasing portion of the user-selectable item icon that was not part of the first subset entering the screen at the first corner.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein causing a presentation proximate another end of the arc of at least a portion of a user-selectable item icon of the set of user-selectable item icons that was not part of the second subset includes causing the presentation to iteratively present a progressively decreasing portion of the user-selectable item icon that was not part of the first subset exiting the screen at the second corner.

8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
detecting a second swipe that extends predominately in the first direction along the arc as the second scroll input.

9. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
detecting a second swipe that extends predominately in a second direction along the arc as the second scroll input, the second direction opposed to the first direction.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein causing iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons includes causing iterative presentations of respective images of respective items the images which can be selected via an input.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising;
in response to a selection of one of the user-selectable item icons, presenting a close up image of a portion of the respective item, along with a set of ingredients that comprise the respective item.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising;
in response to a selection of one of the user-selectable item icons, presenting a close up image of a portion of the respective item, along with a set of names and a graphic representation of each of a plurality of ingredients that comprise the respective item, a user-selectable add icon along with in indication of a price of the respective icon; and
in response to a selection of the user-selectable add icon, incrementing a number of the respective items in an order list.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein causing a series of iterative presentations of the user-selectable item icons comprising the first subset includes causing the iterative presentations of respective images of respective items each with a fixed orientation relative to the screen, the orientation of each of the images relative to the screen being the same at each of the viewable successive item-icon positions angularly movable along the arc.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing a presentation of a number of user-selectable add icons angularly arrayed with one another, each user-selectable add icon presented alongside a respective one of the user-selectable item icons at each iterative position at which the user-selectable item icon is presented.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
in response to a selection of one of the user-selectable add icons, incrementing a number of the respective items in an order list.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing a presentation of a number of item names angularly arrayed with one another, each item name presented alongside a respective one of the user-selectable item icons at each viewable successive item-icon position at which the user-selectable item icon is movably presented.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein causing a presentation of a number of item names angularly arrayed with one another inc

Assignees

• Zume Inc

Inventors

• Wajda Chester
• Tangeman Jr James H

Classifications

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title