Apparatus and method for creative wallpaper

摘要

An apparatus and method for creative wallpaper are provided. The method includes presenting a first desktop environment in which icons, menus, applications, or functions can be located and invoked, presenting an uncoverer for revealing a second desktop environment in which icons, menus, applications, or functions can be located and invoked, and if the uncoverer is selected and executed, progressively removing the first desktop environment to reveal the second desktop environment underneath.

主权项

1. A method of configuring a portion of a desktop wallpaper to function as an application window or icon, the method comprising:
selecting a creative wallpaper mode which enables creating directly on the desktop wallpaper; while in the creative wallpaper mode, using a cutout function to delineate, as an enclosed area, and cut out the portion of the desktop wallpaper at a location on the desktop wallpaper according to a first user input, while the desktop wallpaper is displayed as an image which remains in the background behind all displayed visual output; selecting, according to a second user input, a content comprising a function, application, or data; and inserting the selected content into the enclosed area of the cut out portion of the desktop wallpaper, wherein a shape of the cut out portion of the desk top wallpaper and the location of the cut out portion on the desktop wallpaper are determined based on the first user input, wherein the cut out portion of the desktop wallpaper thereafter functions as the application window or icon with respect to the inserted selected content such that selecting the cut out portion then performs the function if the selected content is the function, launches the application if the selected content is the application, and outputs the data if the selected content is the data, and wherein the selecting of the creative wallpaper mode comprises marking according to the first user input of manipulating a stylus, a mouse, a touch, or another input device in a non-selectable area of the desktop wallpaper.