Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing a variable content movable control

• US 10,203,859 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2014
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Nurmi, Mikko Antero
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US14/556,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089450A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,534 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Various methods for implementing a variable content movable control are provided. One example method includes receiving an indication that a movable control is located at a second position along a defined path on a touch screen display. A first position, the second position, and at least a third position may defined along the defined path such that the movable control being located at the first position causes first content to be presented and the movable control being located at the third position causes a transition from a locked mode to an unlocked mode. The example method may further include causing second content to be presented on the touch screen display in response to at least receiving the indication that the movable control is located at the second position. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing display of a continuous canvas that moves relative to a movement of a movable control, wherein the continuous canvas is continuously presented throughout the movement of the movable control, wherein the continuous canvas comprises at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, each portion being respectively displayed while the movable control is in a respective first position, a second position, and a third position, and wherein as each area of the continuous canvas is transitioned onto the display from one side of the display, relative to the movement of the movable control, another portion is transitioned off the display from the opposite side of the display; and

in response to receiving an indication that the movable control is located at the third position along a defined path on a touch screen display, causing a transition from a locked mode to an unlocked mode,

wherein the first and second portions of the continuous canvas are caused to be presented prior to the transition from the locked mode to the unlocked mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the second portion to be presented comprises causing the second portion to be presented in response to determining that the movable control remained below a threshold velocity while moving to the second position.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication that an item within the second portion has been selected by a user;

and performing an action in response to at least the selection of the item.

4. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus at least to:

cause display of a continuous canvas that moves relative to a movement of a movable control, wherein the continuous canvas is continuously presented throughout the movement of the movable control, wherein the continuous canvas comprises at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, each portion being respectively displayed while the movable control is in a respective first position, a second position, and a third position, and wherein as each area of the continuous canvas is transitioned onto the display from one side of the display, relative to the movement of the movable control, another portion is transitioned off the display from the opposite side of the display; and

in response to receiving an indication that the movable control is located at the third position along a defined path on a touch screen display, cause a transition from a locked mode to an unlocked mode,

wherein the first and second portions of the continuous canvas are caused to be presented prior to the transition from the locked mode to the unlocked mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus directed to cause the second portion to be presented comprises being directed to cause the second content to be presented in response to determining that the movable control remained below a threshold velocity while moving to the second position.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is further directed to receive an indication that an item within the second portion has been selected by a user;

and perform an action in response to at least the selection of the item.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile terminal.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises user interface circuitry and components including the touch screen display.

9. A computer program product comprising a memory having program code stored thereon, the program code configured to direct an apparatus to:

cause display of a continuous canvas that moves relative to a movement of a movable control, wherein the continuous canvas is continuously presented throughout the movement of the movable control, wherein the continuous canvas comprises at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, each portion being respectively displayed while the movable control is in a respective first position, a second position, and a third position, and wherein as each area of the continuous canvas is transitioned onto the display from one side of the display, relative to the movement of the movable control, another portion is transitioned off the display from the opposite side of the display; and

in response to receiving an indication that the movable control is located at the third second position along a defined path on a touch screen display, cause a transition from a locked mode to an unlocked mode,

wherein the first and second portions of the continuous canvas are caused to be presented prior to the transition from the locked mode to the unlocked mode.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein causing the second portion to be presented includes causing the second portion to be presented in response to determining that the movable control remained below a threshold velocity while moving to the second position.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program code is further configured to direct the apparatus to receive an indication that an item within the second portion has been selected by a user;

and performing an action in response to at least the selection of the item.