Joshua J Campbell

US Patent:

20110059774, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Sep 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/556783

Inventors:

Bruce P. Clift - Scotts Valley CA, US
Joshua E. Campbell - Chicago IL, US
Kitae Kim - Chicago IL, US
James E. Palmer - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schumburg IL

International Classification:

H04B 1/38

US Classification:

455566

Abstract:

There is disclosed a wireless communication device comprising a display providing a visual representation of a widget. For one embodiment, a wireless transceiver receives a textual content and a tag, a processor determines whether the wireless transceiver has received a graphical content associated with the textual content and the tag. The display provides the textual content in a first window and the graphical content adjacent to the first window in response to determining that the graphical content has been received. The display provides the textual content in a larger, second window in response to determining that the graphical content has not been received. For another embodiment, the wireless transceiver receives a textual content, a graphical content, and a content identifier corresponding to a content header. The display provides a window for each of the textual content, the graphical content, and the content header corresponding to the content identifier, such that the graphical content and content header are positioned at opposites sides of the textual content.

US Patent:

20110061019, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Sep 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/556776

Inventors:

Bruce P. Clift - Scotts Valley CA, US
Joshua E. Campbell - Chicago IL, US
Kitae Kim - Chicago IL, US
James E. Palmer - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 3/041

US Classification:

715790, 345173, 715781

Abstract:

There is disclosed a portable electronic device comprising a display providing a visual representation of a widget. For one embodiment, the visual representation comprises a first window including a textual content and a second window including a graphical content. The first and second windows are situated within a periphery of the visual representation such that the first window overlaps part of the second window and a portion of the graphical content of the second window is obscured by the first window. For other embodiments, the visual representation comprises first window including a peripheral boundary surrounding a textual content and a second window including a textual heading or graphical content, and a graphical icon overlaying a part of the graphical content. A portion of the peripheral border of the first window includes an outwardly protruding section directed towards the graphical icon of the second window.