Cellphone manager
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1. A computing device configured to execute a software application on a processor of the computing device to provide operations comprising:
- displaying by the processor a first screen area on the computing device in a full screen mode, the first screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in a same order as a plurality of hard buttons of the computing device;
detecting by the processor a user single-hand touch input on the computing device in a diagonally rightward or leftward direction; and
displaying by the processor according to the software application a second screen area in a non-full screen mode automatically on the computing device in response to the detected user single-hand touch input and in the direction of the detected user single-hand touch input, such that the second screen area comprises a graphic shrink or enlarge modification of the first screen area, the second screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in the same order as the plurality of hard buttons of the computing device;
wherein in the non-full screen mode, the plurality of soft buttons on the first screen area is maintained;
wherein the graphic shrink is only in a downward direction when the computing device is in a portrait mode, and only in an upward direction when the computing device is in a landscape mode.
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Abstract
Mobile phone application graphically shrinks a display in response to a flick down in right or left diagonal direction, thereby enabling easier operation with a single hand. Soft keys in a menu bar are provided at the bottom of the display conveniently to facilitate single hand use.
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1. A computing device configured to execute a software application on a processor of the computing device to provide operations comprising:
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displaying by the processor a first screen area on the computing device in a full screen mode, the first screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in a same order as a plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; detecting by the processor a user single-hand touch input on the computing device in a diagonally rightward or leftward direction; and displaying by the processor according to the software application a second screen area in a non-full screen mode automatically on the computing device in response to the detected user single-hand touch input and in the direction of the detected user single-hand touch input, such that the second screen area comprises a graphic shrink or enlarge modification of the first screen area, the second screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in the same order as the plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; wherein in the non-full screen mode, the plurality of soft buttons on the first screen area is maintained; wherein the graphic shrink is only in a downward direction when the computing device is in a portrait mode, and only in an upward direction when the computing device is in a landscape mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions of a software program, the software program being executable by a processor of a computing device to provide operations comprising:
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displaying by the processor a first screen area on the computing device in a full screen mode, the first screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in a same order as a plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; detecting by the processor a user single-hand touch input on the computing device in a diagonally rightward or leftward direction; and displaying by the processor according to the software program a second screen area in a non-full screen mode automatically on the computing device in response to the detected user single-hand touch input and in the direction of the detected user single-hand touch input, such that the second screen area comprises a graphic shrink or enlarge modification of the first screen area, the second screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in the same order as the plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; wherein in the non-full screen mode, the plurality of soft buttons on the first screen area is maintained; wherein the graphic shrink is only in a downward direction when the computing device is in a portrait mode, and only in an upward direction when the computing device is in a landscape mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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displaying by a processor a first screen area on a computing device in a full screen mode, the first screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in a same order as a plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; detecting by the processor a user single-hand touch input on the computing device in a diagonally rightward or leftward direction; and displaying by the processor according to a software application a second screen area in a non-full screen mode automatically on the computing device in response to the detected user single-hand touch input and in the direction of the detected user single-hand touch input, such that the second screen area comprises a graphic shrink or enlarge modification of the first screen area, the second screen area including a plurality of soft buttons corresponding to and being displayed in the same order as the plurality of hard buttons of the computing device; wherein in the non-full screen mode, the plurality of soft buttons on the first screen area is maintained; wherein the graphic shrink is only in a downward direction when the computing device is in a portrait mode, and only in an upward direction when the computing device is in a landscape mode. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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