Control of search results with multipoint pinch gestures

• US 10,203,867 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Yuan, Han-Shen, Melcher, Ryan, Yankovich, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Chuang, Jung-Mu T
• Application Number:
  US14/292,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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

Abstract

A device displays a listing of items in an item data display area on a display. The device receives an indication of a pinch gesture from a touch-enabled screen and scales a facet of the item data to produce a scaled-facet listing responsive to the pinch gesture. The device scales by modifying a degree of a characteristic corresponding with a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture. The modifying further comprises producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of item data having a temporal indicator that is later than an initial display of item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture. Finally, the device displays the scaled-facet listing as an updated set of item data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor, and

memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

displaying a listing of items in an item data display area on a display of a device, the listing of items including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, the item data display area simultaneously including an image data region containing a representation of image data corresponding to the item data and a metadata region containing a representation of metadata corresponding to the item data;

receiving, in the metadata region, an indication of a touch on a touch-enabled screen of the device that indicates a selection of a date facet of the item data displayed among multiple facets in the metadata region, the date facet denoting a temporal indicator, other facets of the multiple facets denoting non-temporal indicators;

receiving an indication of a pinch gesture including a pinch-in gesture in the metadata region;

scaling, responsive to the touch and the pinch gesture, the date facet to produce a scaled-facet listing, the scaling comprising;

modifying a degree of a characteristic of the date facet in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture including producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of the item data having a later temporal indicator than an initial display of the item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture; and

displaying the scaled-facet listing in the metadata region by exposing an updated set of the item data having the modified degree of the characteristic and replacing previous item data with the scaled-out listing within the scaled-data display area.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pinch gesture characteristic includes any one of a pinch-in velocity, a pinch-in magnitude, and a pinch-in orientation.

3. A method comprising:

displaying a listing of items in an item data display area on a display of a device, the listing of items including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, the item data display area simultaneously including an image data region containing a representation of image data corresponding to the item data and a metadata region containing a representation of metadata corresponding to the item data;

receiving, in the metadata region, an indication of a touch on a touch-enabled screen of the device that indicates a selection of a date facet of the item data displayed among multiple facets in the metadata region, the date facet denoting a temporal indicator, other facets of the multiple facets denoting non-temporal indicators;

receiving an indication of a pinch gesture including a pinch-in gesture in the metadata region;

scaling, responsive to the touch and the pinch gesture, the date facet to produce a scaled-facet listing, the scaling comprising;

modifying a degree of a characteristic of the date facet in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture including producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of the item data having a later temporal indicator than an initial display of the item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture; and

displaying the scaled-facet listing in the metadata region by exposing an updated set of the item data having the modified degree of the characteristic and replacing previous item data with the scaled-out listing within the scaled-data display area.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pinch gesture characteristic includes any one of a pinch-in velocity, a pinch-in magnitude, and a pinch-in orientation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the pinch gesture characteristic includes a velocity, a distance, and an angle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the velocity, the distance, and the angle of the pinch gesture characteristic correspond to a separation between a first touch point and a second touch point that decreases.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced at a rate corresponding to the pinch-in velocity.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced at a rate indicated with a particular pinch-in orientation.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced by an amount corresponding to the pinch-in magnitude.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced by an amount indicated with a particular pinch-in orientation.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced by an amount, indicated with a particular pinch-in orientation.

12. One or more non-transitory hardware storage devices embodying a set of instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a listing of items in an item data display area on a display of a device, the listing of items including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, the item data display area simultaneously including an image data region containing a representation of image data corresponding to the item data and a metadata region containing a representation of metadata corresponding to the item data;

receiving, in the metadata region, an indication of a touch on a touch-enabled screen of the device that indicates a selection of a date facet of the item data displayed among multiple facets in the metadata region, the date facet denoting a temporal indicator, other facets of the multiple facets denoting non-temporal indicators;

receiving an indication of a pinch gesture including a pinch-in gesture in the metadata region;

scaling, responsive to the touch and the pinch gesture, the date facet to produce a scaled-facet listing, the scaling comprising;

modifying a degree of a characteristic of the date facet in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture including producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of the item data having a later temporal indicator than an initial display of the item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture; and

displaying the scaled-facet listing in the metadata region by exposing an updated set of the item data having the modified degree of the characteristic and replacing previous item data with the scaled-out listing within the scaled-data display area.

13. The one or more hardware storage devices of claim 12, wherein the pinch gesture characteristic includes any one of a pinch-in velocity, a pinch-in magnitude, and a pinch-in orientation.

14. The one or more hardware storage devices claim 13, wherein the pinch gesture characteristic includes a velocity, a distance, and an angle.

15. The one or more hardware storage devices claim 14, wherein the velocity, the distance, and the angle of the pinch gesture characteristic correspond to a separation between a first touch point and a second touch point that decreases.

16. The one or more hardware storage devices claim 15, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced at a rate corresponding to the pinch-in velocity.

17. The one or more hardware storage devices of claim 16, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced at a rate indicated with a particular pinch-in orientation.

18. The one or more hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the sealed-facet listing is produced by an amount corresponding to the pinch-in magnitude.

19. The one or more hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the scaled-facet listing is produced by an amount, indicated with a particular pinch-in orientation.

20. The one or more hardware storage devices of claim 12, wherein the displaying the scaled-facet listing includes altering display of one but not both of the image data region and the metadata region that are simultaneously exposed.