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Method and apparatus for providing quick access to device functionality

  • US 10,222,974 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2011
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an indication of a swipe gesture being performed in a direction extending from an edge portion of a touch screen display of a device toward a middle portion of the touch screen display of the device, wherein the swipe gesture is initiated on the touch screen display of the device; and

    classifying the swipe gesture as one or more of a functional implementation gesture and a trigger gesture and causing one or more responses to the classified swipe gesture, wherein the device is configured to perform the classifying the swipe gesture and the causing one or more responses by;

    in an instance in which a motion delay during which the swipe gesture is held stationary at one contact position on the touch screen extends for at least a predetermined period of time, classifying the swipe gesture as the trigger gesture, and, in response to classifying the swipe gesture as the trigger gesture;

    in an instance in which the device is in a locked state and displaying a locked screen when the swipe gesture is initiated, causing a display of a first set of functional elements that cause a launch and execution of different corresponding applications when respective ones of the first set of functional elements are selected, andin an instance in which the device is displaying a home screen including a plurality of functional icons when the swipe gesture is initiated, causing a display of a second set of functional elements, different than the first set of functional elements, that cause a launch and execution of different corresponding applications when respective ones of the second set of functional elements are selected;

    while maintaining the display of the first or second set of functional elements in response to the motion delay, detecting termination of the trigger gesture by;

    (i) a removal of contact from the touch screen at the contact position while a length of the swipe gesture remains less than a predetermined distance or (ii) a continuation of the swipe gesture from the contact position with a length of the swipe gesture exceeding the predetermined distance prior to removal of the contact form the touch screen;

    in response to detecting termination of the trigger gesture by the removal of the contact from the touch screen at the contact position, maintaining the display of the first or second set of functional elements; and

    in response to detecting termination of the trigger gesture by the continuation of the swipe gesture, classifying the swipe gesture with the length exceeding the predetermined distance as the functional implementation gesture, and;

    in an instance in which the device is in the locked state, causing the device to undergo a state change and to be unlocked, removing from the display the first set of functional elements that had been previously displayed in response to the trigger gesture, and causing the home screen to be displayed, andin an instance in which the device is displaying the home screen, causing the device to remove from the display the second set of functional elements that had been previously displayed in response to the trigger gesture, and maintaining the display of the home screen.

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