Patent ID: 7783983
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system having a display device, a method for displaying a graphical user interface on the display device to allow a user to view content of a content source and control fields relating to the content source, the method comprising: displaying a control area on a graphical user interface, the control area including at least one control field associated with an attribute of a content source, the control field being configured to be viewable via the control area; displaying a content area on the graphical user interface, the content area displaying content of at least a portion of the content source; superimposing the content area with the control area in a superimposed portion of the graphical user interface, the control area and the content area being displayed such that at least a portion of the control area and at least a portion of the content area are superimposed and such that the portion of the control area and the portion of the content area that are superimposed are both simultaneously visible on the graphical user interface in the superimposed portion; selecting the at least one control field, wherein the at least one control field is configured to display or modify the attribute of the content source; displaying content of the content source associated with the selected at least one control field; controlling the attribute of the content source while the content and the content area continues to be superimposed with the control area and while both the control area and the content area are simultaneously visible on the graphical user interface at least in the superimposed portion such that the content area is visible through the control area converting the content area in at least the superimposed portion to be more opaque when changing the content source; and reverting the content area in at least the superimposed portion to be less opaque after changing the content source.