Defining an interactive user interface

摘要

A system and method for defining an interactive user interface having one or more states and one or more interactive elements. An exemplary implementation of the method comprises the steps of inputting one full screen graphics of an interactive user interface for each state of the interactive user interface; defining an area within the interactive user interface for each of the one or more interactive elements, and automatically generating computer readable code or graphics enabling a graphic display of each state of each interactive element. The method may further comprise the step of storing the geometric properties and positional information of the defined area of the interactive user interface corresponding to each of the one or more interactive elements. The stored geometric properties and positional information can be used to facilitate the editing and modification of the interactive user interface.

主权项

1. A method implemented at least in part by a machine for defining and generating graphics for one or more interactive elements to be used in an interactive user interface, the method comprising:
inputting into a graphical user interface a first full screen graphic that includes a first image illustrating a graphic in a first state; inputting into the graphical user interface a second full screen graphic that includes a second image illustrating the graphic in a second state; selecting a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image, and defining the first area as a first interactive element and the second area as a second interactive element; storing geometric properties and positional information for the first area and the second area; and automatically generating computer readable code and graphics for the first interactive element and the second interactive element, wherein the graphics of the first interactive element are generated from the first image, and the graphics of the second interactive element are generated from the second image.