Graphical user interface for communications

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G06F 3/033 (2006.01)

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CA 2412823

A graphical user interface provides access to communications and other applications in a home environment by utilizing icons that are consistent with a refrigerator/magnet metaphor. A background is displayed on a touch screen, and one or more virtual magnets are displayed on the background. The virtual magnets may be dragged to new locations by a user. Tapping on a virtual magnet activates a corresponding application. The virtual magnets can further exhibit magnetic properties, such as alternatively repelling or attracting one another. When an application is activated, an application window is made to appear on the background, preferably in the form of a sheet of paper. The corresponding virtual magnet can be made to appear to be affixing the sheet of paper to the background, thereby reinforcing the refrigerator/magnet metaphor.

L'invention concerne une interface utilisateur graphique permettant, dans un environnement domestique, d'accéder à applications de communication, et analogues, via l'utilisation d'icônes s'inscrivant dans le contexte d'une métaphore réfrigérateur/aimant. Ainsi, un fond est affiché sur un écran tactile, fond sur lequel sont affichés un ou plusieurs aimants virtuels. L'utilisateur peut tirer lesdits aimants virtuels pour les déplacer. Pour activer une application, il lui suffit de toquer un aimant virtuel. Les aimants virtuels peuvent, en outre, posséder des propriétés magnétiques, notamment des propriétés de répulsion puis d'attraction mutuelle, et vice-versa. Lorsqu'une application est activée, une fenêtre applicative apparaît sur le fond, de préférence sous la forme d'une feuille de papier. L'aimant virtuel correspondant peut alors apparaître, semblant fixer la feuille de papier sur le fond, renforçant ainsi la métaphore réfrigérateur/aimant.

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