Portable electronic device performing similar operations for different gestures

• US 10,222,977 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2017
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Ording, Bas, Herz, Scott M., Westerman, Wayne C., Forstall, Scott, Christie, Gregory N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cerullo, Liliana
• Application Number:
  US15/807,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20180067643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays an application on the touch-sensitive display; and when the application is in a predefined mode, performs a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch-sensitive display. Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays a first application; when the first application is in a first mode, performs a first operation upon detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and performs the first operation upon detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors,

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a browser application; and

while the browser application is displaying a first window with a first web page in a set of web pages, and a partially hidden second window with a second web page, wherein the first web page is distinct from the second web page;

upon detecting a tap gesture on the side of the touch screen display on which the partially hidden second window is displayed, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen; and

upon detecting a respective swipe gesture on the touch screen display, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the right side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the left side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially left-to-right swipe gesture.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the tap gesture is performed on the second window.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the browser application is displaying the first web page in the set of web pages;

replacing display of the first web page with display of a next web page upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

displaying an image management application;

while the image management application is displaying a first digital image in a set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of a next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second tap gesture on the touch screen display; and

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the image management application is displaying the first digital image in the set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the second tap gesture is a tap gesture on the right side of the touch screen display, the second swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture, and the other tap or swipe gesture is a tap gesture on a next icon.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch screen display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a browser application; and

while the browser application is displaying a first window with a first web page in a set of web pages, and a partially hidden second window with a second web page, wherein the first web page is distinct from the second web page;

upon detecting a tap gesture on the side of the touch screen display on which the partially hidden second window is displayed, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen; and

upon detecting a respective swipe gesture on the touch screen display, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the right side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the left side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially left-to-right swipe gesture.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the tap gesture is performed on the second window.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the browser application is displaying the first web page in the set of web pages;

replacing display of the first web page with display of a next web page upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

displaying an image management application;

while the image management application is displaying a first digital image in a set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of a next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second tap gesture on the touch screen display; and

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the image management application is displaying the first digital image in the set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the second tap gesture is a tap gesture on the right side of the touch screen display, the second swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture, and the other tap or swipe gesture is a tap gesture on a next icon.

17. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch screen display;

displaying a browser application; and

while the browser application is displaying a first window with a first web page in a set of web pages, and a partially hidden second window with a second web page, wherein the first web page is distinct from the second web page;

upon detecting a tap gesture on the side of the touch screen display on which the partially hidden second window is displayed, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen; and

upon detecting a respective swipe gesture on the touch screen display, replacing display of the first window with the first web page with display of the second window with the second web page in the set of web pages and moving the first window with the first web page partially off-screen.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the right side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the tap gesture is a tap on the left side of the touch screen display and the swipe gesture is a substantially left-to-right swipe gesture.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein, the tap gesture is performed on the second window.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

while the browser application is displaying the first web page in the set of web pages;

replacing display of the first web page with display of a next web page upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying an image management application;

while the image management application is displaying a first digital image in a set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of a next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second tap gesture on the touch screen display; and

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting a second swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

while the image management application is displaying the first digital image in the set of digital images;

replacing display of the first digital image with display of the next digital image in the set of digital images upon detecting another tap or swipe gesture on the touch screen display.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the second tap gesture is a tap gesture on the right side of the touch screen display, the second swipe gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture, and the other tap or swipe gesture is a tap gesture on a next icon.