Tap and hold

• US 10,043,172 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Gura, Ron, Bar, Matanya, Dickman, Erez
• Primary Examiner(s): Norman, Samica L
• Application Number:
  US14/084,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: 715863, 715724, 705 42, 705 41, 235379
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

When a user taps and holds a selection on a touchscreen display, such as a “buy” button, an action occurs. Subsequently, when the user releases the button (or performs some other action), another action initiates or occurs. The other action may depend on when the user releases the button, where the user moves a finger to on the display, information about the user, and/or the display or information on the device when the button is released. After the button is released, other selections or actions may be presented on the touchscreen sequentially such that the user can release the hold to choose the selection or on one screen such that the user can move to the desired selection for review and/or editing.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, perform a method comprising;

receiving user account information including payment method information and shipping address information;

receiving an indication that a tap and hold input has been received on an active portion of a display of the computing device;

while the tap and hold input is received, causing the display of the computing device to present a plurality of selections on a series of different screens wherein each selection of the plurality of selections is presented on a different screen from the series of different screens until the tap and hold input is no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

receiving an indication that the tap and hold input is no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

in response to receiving the indication that the tap and hold input is no longer received, causing the display of the computing device to stop presenting the plurality of selections;

determining which selection of the plurality of selections was presented on the display of the computing device when the tap and hold input was no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device; and

causing the display of the computing device to present the determined selection.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the determined selection comprises one or more of a payment method and a shipping address.

5. The computing device of claim 2, further comprising instructions for receiving one or more of a change in the shipping method, a change in the payment method, a confirmation in the shipping method, and a confirmation in the payment method based on the determined selection.

6. The computing device of claim 5, further comprising instructions for presenting an input request on the display of the computing device, wherein the input request is a request for a tap and hold input to be provided on an indicated portion of the display of the computing device after the one or more of the change or the confirmation is received.

7. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising instructions for starting a timer in response receiving the tap and hold input on the active portion of the display of the computing device.

8. The computing device of claim 7, further comprising instructions for causing the display of the computing device to present the timer and details of a transaction.

9. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising instructions for:

determining a location of the computing device; and

presenting the plurality of selections based on the determined location of the computing device.

10. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising instructions for:

determining a time that the tap and hold input is received on the active portion of the display of the computing device; and

presenting the plurality of selections based on the time.

11. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising instructions for detecting that a drag input is received on the determined selection.

12. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising instructions for causing the display of the computing device to change information presented on the determined selection in response to receiving the drag input.

3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding computing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method, comprising:

receiving an indication that a tap and hold input has been received on an active portion of a display on a computing device;

causing the display of the computing device to present a plurality of selections on a series of different screens while the tap and hold input is received on the active portion of the display of the computing device, wherein the plurality of selections are based, at least in part, on determined location information of the computing device and wherein each selection is presented on a different screen from the series of different screens until the tap and hold input is no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

receiving an indication that the tap and hold input is no longer being received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

in response to receiving the indication that the tap and hold input is no longer received, causing the display of the computing device to stop presenting the plurality of screens;

determining which selection of the plurality of selections was presented on the display of the computing device when the tap and hold input was no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device; and

causing the display of the computing device to present the determined selection.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the determined selection comprises one or more of a payment method and a shipping address.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising receiving one or more of a change in the shipping method, a change in the payment method, a confirmation in the shipping method, and a confirmation in the payment method based on the determined selection.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising instructions for presenting an input request on the display of the computing device, wherein the input request is a request for a tap and hold input to be provided on an indicated portion of the display of the computing device after the one or more of the change or the confirmation is received.

4. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication that a tap and hold input is being received on an active portion of a display of a computing device;

while the tap and hold input is received, causing the display of the computing device to present a plurality of selections, one after another, on a series of different screens, wherein each selection of the plurality of selections is presented on a different screen from the series of different screens until the tap and hold input is no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

receiving an indication that the tap and hold input is no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device;

in response to receiving the indication that the tap and hold input is no longer received, causing the display of the computing device to stop presenting the plurality of selections;

determining which selection of the plurality of selections was presented on the display of the computing device when the tap and hold input was no longer received on the active portion of the display of the computing device; and

causing the display of the computing device to present the determined selection.

16. The method of claim 4, wherein the determined selection comprises one or more of a payment method and a shipping address.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving one or more of a change in the shipping method, a change in the payment method, a confirmation in the shipping method, and a confirmation in the payment method based on the determined selection.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising further comprising presenting an input request on the display of the computing device, wherein the input request is a request for a tap and hold input to be provided on an indicated portion of the display of the computing device after the one or more of the change or the confirmation is received.

19. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a location of the computing device; and

presenting the plurality of selections based on the determined location of the computing device.

20. The method of claim 4, wherein the tap and hold input is associated with a time threshold.