Patent ID: 9557892
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for maximizing of a viewing area for visually perceptible icons displayed on a touchscreen graphical user interface (GUI) of a personal digital assistant, the method comprising: generating the GUI that includes a first plurality of selectable objects that are arranged in a first layout on the GUI; receiving a selection of one of the first plurality of selectable objects; replacing the first plurality of selectable objects with a second plurality of selectable objects that are arranged and displayed in a second layout on the GUI, the second layout being different in visual appearance from the first layout; transforming the first plurality of selectable objects into a first set of icons that are arranged in an arcuate pattern, the first set of icons being shrunken versions of the first plurality of selectable objects; displaying the first set of icons in the arcuate pattern on the GUI above the second plurality of selectable objects that are displayed in the second layout of the GUI, the displayed first set of icons in the arcuate pattern and the second plurality of selectable objects in the second layout fully filing a window displayed on the touchscreen graphical user interface (GUI) of the personal digital assistant; wherein the selection of the one of the first plurality of selectable objects includes any of a click, a tap, a swipe, a gesture, a sound-based command and a motion-based command; the replacing, the transforming and the displaying performed in a visually perceptible morphing fashion with no visually perceptible hard jumping; and highlighting the selected one of the first plurality of selectable objects in the arcuate pattern.