Method and apparatus for user interface displays

摘要

An approach for providing a user interface display, for example, with a first window that includes a first predefined area to present a status display control and a second predefined area that is separately defined in the first window to present a status display related to the status display control. Further providing, for example, the user interface display with a second window that includes the first predefined area to present the status display control and a third area that transparently presents the status display over content in the second window upon selection of the status display control.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing on a user device a user interface display with a first window that includes, a first predefined area that is defined to present a status display control including one or more media playing control function of the user device and a second predefined area that is separately defined in the first window to present a status display presenting progress of media playing together with progress of one or more media control functions including one or more downloading functions, one or more importing functions, one or more optimizing functions, one or more transferring functions, or a combination thereof that are being performed on the user device, wherein the progress of the one or more media control functions include a function progress indicator and one or more item progress indicators, the status display control presents one or more playback controls, the status display presents a playback list, and some of the one or more media control functions are performed in series; providing on the user device a second window that includes the first predefined area; upon selection of one of the playback controls of the status display control in the second window, initiating at least a semi-transparent presentation of the status display in a floating manner in a third area over content in the second window while maintaining a display size of the content in the second window; initiating one or more modifications to the selected playback control of the status display control based on user interaction with one or more elements of the playback list of the semi-transparently displayed status display in the third area; and providing the user interface display with the second window without displaying the status display in the third area when the semi-transparently displayed status display is no longer selected.