Resolution independent user interface design

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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,130,237 B2 Zimmer (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 6, 2012 (54) RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT USER (56) References Cited INTERFACE DESIGN U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventor: Mark Zimmer, Aptos, CA (US) 5,297,250 A 3/1994 Leroy et al. C t’ d (73) Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US) ( on lnue ) _ _ _ _ _ FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ( * ) Not1ce1 Subject to any d1scla1mer, the term ofth1s EP 548586 6/1993 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 _ U.S.C. l54(b) by 752 days. (connnued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl.No.: 11/459,140 Akeley, et al. “Real-Time Graphics Architecture” http1//WWW.graph(22) Filed; JUL 21, 2006 ics.stanford.edu/courses/cs448a-01-fall, The OpenGL® Graphics System4CS448 Lecture 15, Fall 2001, pp. 1-20. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2006/0284878 A1 Dec. 21, 2006 Primary Examiner i Jin_Cheng Wang Related U_s_ Application Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculer1, LLP (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/876,298, filed on Jun. 24, 2004. (57) ABSTRACT Graphical user interface material map objects are specified by (51) Int. C]. a collection of attribute-value pairs, the collection of Which G09G 5/00 (2006.01) comprises a complete description of the material map and (52) U.S. Cl. ...... .. 345/619; 345/581; 345/582; 345/473; may be used by a rendering engine to Create a visual repre345/474; 345/156; 345/158; 345/419; 715/744; sentation ofthe material map at any resolution. That is, mate71 5 /76 5. 715/800. 715/718 rial map representations in accordance With the invention are (58) Field of Classification Search 3 ,3 4 5 / 619 resolution independent. Another benefit of representing

material maps in accordance With the invention is that they may be encrypted to prevent unauthorized inspection or use.

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