System and method of a manipulative handle in an interactive mobile user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10897404-B2
Application number	US-201816227188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Priority date	Sep 17, 2012
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

System and method of a manipulative handle for revealing detail information in an interactive mobile user interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, when an activity supported by a cloud-based (e.g., online cloud-based collaboration platform) is initiated, the status of the activity is tracked and displayed using an animated user interface element. On and/or near the animated user interface element are hidden grab points that can be engaged to expand the user interface element to reveal detail relating to the activity. If the user interface element is already in an expanded state, detecting activation of hidden grab points on and/or near the user interface element causes minimization of the user interface element, thereby concealing the detail revealed earlier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of an interactive user interface for accessing a cloud-based platform via a mobile device, comprising:
displaying, to a user, first information concerning a multi-file cloud-based platform supported activity on a user interface element of an application on the mobile device, the application providing access to one or more content items in the cloud-based platform and allowing interaction with one or more users of the cloud-based platform, the user interface element configured to provide customized user-specific options selectable by the user based on analyzing data relating to usage of the application on the mobile device, the usage of the application comprising access to the one or more content items or interaction with the one or more users, wherein the multi-file cloud-based platform supported activity includes at least two files;
detecting engagement of the user interface element or a region defined by a perimeter relative to the user interface element for generating the data relating to the usage of the application on the mobile device, wherein the engagement includes engagement of multiple contact points on the user interface element or the region defined by the perimeter relative to the user interface element;
upon detecting the engagement of the user interface element or the region defined by the perimeter relative to the user interface element, determining a state of the user interface element, wherein the state of the user interface element includes a fully expanded state or a partially minimized state;
in response to determining that the user interface element is in a partially minimized state and the cloud-based platform supported activity is associated with a file transfer including the at least two files, changing the partially minimized user interface element to a fully expanded user interface element to reveal information that is concealed in the partially minimized state and is supplemental to the first information; and
upon identifying that the cloud-based platform supported activity is associated with a file transfer, displaying second information within the fully expanded user interface element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the cloud-based platform provides a collaboration or a file sharing service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engagement includes tapping or sliding of one or more of the multiple contact points via touch screen action on a screen of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud-based platform supported activity includes a single file and corresponds to download of the file from a host server of the cloud-based platform and the first information includes status information concerning the status of the download.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second information includes additional detail relating to the status information concerning the status of the download.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second information includes additional detail relating to one or more options to make modifications to the download of the file or initiate a collaboration or a file sharing activity.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the data relating to usage of the application on the mobile device is specific to a user.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting engagement of the expanded user interface element or a region defined by a perimeter relative to the expanded user interface element; and
in response to determining that the user interface element is in an expanded state, minimizing the expanded user interface element such that the second information is not displayed.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cloud-based platform supported activity includes collaboration activity with other users in the cloud-based platform.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, the cloud-based platform supported activity includes at least one of: downloading, syncing, transferring, buffering, copying, deleting, emailing, generating a preview, or commenting on the file.

11. A mobile device having an interactive mobile user interface for accessing a cloud-based service to interact with a work item, comprising:
a processor configured to:
detect the engagement of the user interface element or a region defined by the perimeter relative to the user interface element; and
upon detecting the engagement of the user interface element or the region defined by the perimeter relative to the user interface element, determine a state of a user interface element or the region defined by the perimeter relative to the user interface element, wherein the state of the user interface element includes a fully expanded state or a partially minimized state;
a memory unit having instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate the interactive mobile user interface having the user interface element configured to:
display, to a user, status information concerning a multi-item cloud-based platform supported activity that includes at least two work items, the user interface element including multiple contact points responsive to user engagement;
changing the partially minimized state user interface element to a fully expanded user interface element to reveal information that is concealed in the partially minimized state and is supplemental to the status information, in response to determining that the user interface element is in the partially minimized state, upon detecting engagement of the user interface element;
upon identifying that the cloud-based platform supported activity is associated with a work item transfer, displaying additional information within the fully expanded user interface; and
provide customized user-specific options selectable by the user based on analyzing the data relating to the usage of an application associated with the mobile user interface, the application providing access to one or more content items in the cloud-based platform and allowing interaction with one or more users of the cloud-based platform and the usage of the application comprising access to the one or more content items or interaction with the one or more users.

12. The mobile device of claim 11 wherein, the cloud-based service includes a cloud-based collaboration service, wherein, the at least two work items are transferred to or from the cloud-based service via the mobile device for collaboration on the at least two work items with other users of the cloud-based service.

13. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the engagement of the user interface element includes tapping or sliding of one or more of the multiple contact points via touch screen action on a screen of the mobile device.

14. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the additional information includes one or more options to modify the transfer of the at least two work items.

15. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the additional information is determined based on historical usage data.

16. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the status information is provided by a host server associated with the cloud-based service and at least some of the additional information is obtained locally from the mobile device.

17. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the user interface element is further configured to:
decrease in size in response to detecting a subsequent engagement of the user interface element such that the additional information is not displayed by the user interface element.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions which w

Assignees

• Box Inc

Inventors

• Tan Simon
• Terry Nick
• Yao Rico
• Cung Don

Classifications

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04W4/60

  Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits · CPC title

• H04L41/22 Primary

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title