John Andrew Timmons

US Patent:

20160196675, Jul 7, 2016

Filed:

Jan 4, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/588967

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Sumant Kowshik - Champaign IL, US
Dennis J. Lin - Chicago IL, US
Glenn B. Francisco - Chicago IL, US
John Nicholas Timmons - Urbana IL, US
Fernando Rossi Goncalves - Berlin, DE

International Classification:

G06T 11/60
G06F 3/0481
G06F 3/0482
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.