Patent ID: 8060840
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for controlling a user interface of an interactive display with dynamically orientable user input controls, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a portion of a primary graphical user interface (GUI) of an interactive display table to be readily orientable, the primary graphical user interface being arranged around the perimeter of the interactive display table; (b) generating an orientable GUI within the portion selected, the orientable GUI extending around the interactive display table within the primary graphical user interface, the orientable GUI including a plurality of user input controls that are arranged around the interactive display table and can be dynamically reoriented within the portion selected, based on a user input to the orientable GUI wherein the orientable GUI is reoriented by being rotated around the perimeter of the interactive display table; (c) receiving user input at the dynamically orientable GUI, the user input comprising the user's finger touching a portion of the interactive display table above one of the plurality of user input controls of the orientable GUI such as to select one of the user input controls and sliding across the interactive display table, and in response, identifying a present position of the plurality of user input controls relative to a predetermined position within the portion selected; (d) determining that the user input indicates a user invocation to rotate the plurality of user input controls relative to the present position; and (e) dynamically rendering the orientable GUI to implement a reorientation of the plurality of user input controls within the portion selected relative to the predetermined position, wherein reorienting the at least one user control comprises: