Method and apparatus for navigating information records

• US 10,261,957 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zha, Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Ruiz, Angelica
• Application Number:
  US15/156,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A method for navigating in a record list is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is performed at a terminal device having one or more processors and memory for storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The method includes detecting operational information of a user when the user operates the terminal device to navigate in the record list that is displayed in a user interface of the terminal device. The method also includes estimating, based on the operational information of the user, location information of a target record in the record list. The method further includes updating the user interface of the terminal device by introducing, based on the location information of the target record, a record access tool in the user interface of the terminal device. As a result, the user can accelerate access of the target record using the record access tool.

Claims

1. A method of navigating in a record list, comprising:

at a terminal device having one or more processors and memory for storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors;

displaying a portion of a record list including a plurality of items in a user interface of the terminal device;

detecting operational information of a user in response to the user operating the terminal device to navigate in the record list displayed in the user interface of the terminal device, wherein the operational information includes a speed and a direction of the user navigating through the record list;

estimating, based on the operational information of the user, location information of a target record in the record list by comparing the speed of the user navigating through the record list with a predetermined threshold; and

in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is greater than the predetermined threshold, updating the user interface of the terminal device by introducing, based on the location information of the target record, a record access tool in the user interface of the terminal device to accelerate access of the target record using the record access tool, wherein updating the user interface comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a random direction, displaying a search tool for the user to search for the target record when activated by the user; and

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a fixed direction, displaying a navigation tool for the user to navigate to a predetermined record from the record list corresponding to the fixed direction in response to the user activating the navigation tool.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search tool is a search bar to accelerate access of the target record by searching a key word associated with the target record using the search bar.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation tool is a navigation icon to update the user interface to display the predetermined record from the record list in response to the user activating the navigation icon.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the operational information indicates a direction of the user navigating through the record list.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined record from the record list is one of the first record and the last record from the record list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the record access tool is not introduced in the user interface of the terminal device in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is slower than the predetermined threshold.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

displaying a portion of a record list including a plurality of items in a user interface of the terminal device;

detecting operational information of a user in response to the user operating the terminal device to navigate in the record list displayed in the user interface of the terminal device, wherein the operational information includes a speed and a direction of the user navigating through the record list;

estimating, based on the operational information of the user, location information of a target record in the record list by comparing the speed of the user navigating through the record list with a predetermined threshold; and

in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is greater than the predetermined threshold, updating the user interface of the terminal device by introducing, based on the location information of the target record, a record access tool in the user interface of the terminal device to accelerate access of the target record using the record access tool, wherein updating the user interface comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a random direction, displaying a search tool for the user to search for the target record when activated by the user; and

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a fixed direction, displaying a navigation tool for the user to navigate to a predetermined record from the record list corresponding to the fixed direction in response to the user activating the navigation tool.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the search tool is a search bar to accelerate access of the target record by searching a key word associated with the target record using the search bar.

9. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the navigation tool is a navigation icon to update the user interface to display the predetermined record from the record list in response to the user activating the navigation icon.

10. The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the operational information indicates a direction of the user navigating through the record list.

11. The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined record from the record list is one of the first record and the last record from the record list.

12. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the record access tool is not introduced in the user interface of the terminal device in the record list in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is slower than the predetermined threshold.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

at a terminal device;

displaying a portion of a record list including a plurality of items in a user interface of the terminal device;

detecting operational information of a user in response to the user operating the terminal device to navigate in the record list displayed in the user interface of the terminal device wherein the operational information includes a speed and a direction of the user navigating through the record list;

estimating, based on the operational information of the user, location information of a target record in the record list by comparing the speed of the user navigating through the record list with a predetermined threshold; and

in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is greater than the predetermined threshold, updating the user interface of the terminal device by introducing, based on the location information of the target record, a record access tool in the user interface of the terminal device to accelerate access of the target record using the record access tool, wherein updating the user interface comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a random direction, displaying a search tool for the user to search for the target record when activated by the user; and

in accordance with a determination that the user navigates through the record list in a fixed direction, displaying a navigation tool for the user to navigate to a predetermined record from the record list corresponding to the fixed direction in response to the user activating the navigation tool.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the search tool is a search bar to accelerate access of the target record by searching a key word associated with the target record using the search bar.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the navigation tool is a navigation icon to update the user interface to display the predetermined record from the record list in response to the user activating the navigation icon.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the record access tool is not introduced in the user interface of the terminal device in accordance with a determination that the speed of the user navigating through the record list is slower than the predetermined threshold.