Controlling displayed content using stylus rotation

• US 10,635,195 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, Jr., John M., Keen, Martin G., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/444,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20180246588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/17 using hand-held instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling displayed content utilizing stylus rotation are disclosed. In embodiments, a method comprises: displaying, by a computing device, a first portion of user selected content; detecting, by the computing device, rotation of a stylus; and displaying, by the computing device, a second portion of the user selected content based on the rotation of the stylus and user access rules, wherein the second portion comprises more or less content than the first portion.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a user selection of content, wherein the user selected content comprises multiple levels of content, each level comprising a portion of the user selected content;

displaying, by the computing device, a first portion of the user selected content associated with a first level of the user selected content;

determining, by the computing device, a content type of the user selected content;

identifying, by the computing device, a user based on a fingerprint received from a fingerprint detector of the stylus;

mapping, by the computing device, the content type to user access rules of the identified user;

detecting, by the computing device, rotation of a stylus, wherein the detecting the rotation of the stylus comprises detecting the rotation of the stylus through multiple clicks, wherein each of the multiple clicks is a predetermined amount of rotation of the stylus about its longitudinal axis from an initial starting point, and wherein each of the multiple clicks is associated with one of a plurality of levels of the user selected content, and the user access rules define which of the plurality of levels are available to the user;

displaying, by the computing device, a second portion of the user selected content associated with a second level of the user selected content based on the rotation of the stylus and user access rules, wherein the second portion comprises more or less content than the first portion; and

determining, by the computing device, that the second level of the user selected content is available to the user based on the user access rules prior to the displaying the second portion of the user selected content,

wherein the content type is associated with the multiple levels of content, each of the multiple levels of content having a portion of content associated therewith, and

wherein the multiple levels of content are selected from the group consisting of;

levels of confidentiality, levels of security, levels of complexity, levels of age appropriateness, and levels of detail.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the content type comprises determining

a plurality of content types, wherein the user selected content is associated with at least one of the plurality of content types;

and

wherein the mapping comprises mapping the at least one of the plurality of content types of the user selected content to the user access rules.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, user profile data; and

setting, by the computing device, the user access rules for a user associated with the user profile data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising identifying, by the computing device, an active user of the stylus associated with the user profile data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, a command to share the second portion of the displayed user selected content;

determining, by the computing device, that sharing of the second portion of the displayed user selected content is permitted; and

sharing, by the computing device, the second portion of the displayed user selected content.

6. A computer program product for controlling displayed content utilizing stylus rotation, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

receive a user selection of content, wherein the user selected content comprises multiple levels of content, each level comprising a portion of the user selected content;

display a first portion of the user selected content associated with a first level of the user selected content;

determine a content type of the user selected content;

identify a user based on a fingerprint received from a fingerprint detector of the stylus;

map the content type to user access rules of the identified user;

detect rotation of a stylus, wherein the detecting the rotation of the stylus comprises detecting the rotation of the stylus through multiple clicks, wherein each of the multiple clicks is a predetermined amount of rotation of the stylus about its longitudinal axis from an initial starting point, and wherein each of the multiple clicks is associated with one of a plurality of levels of the user selected content, and the user access rules define which of the plurality of levels are available to the user;

display a second portion of the user selected content associated with a second level of the user selected content based on the detected rotation of the stylus and user access rules, wherein the second portion of the user selected content comprises more or less content than the first portion of the user selected content; and

determine that the second level of the user selected content is available to the user based on the user access rules prior to the displaying the second portion of the user selected content,

wherein the content type is associated with the multiple levels of content, each of the multiple levels of content having a portion of content associated therewith, and

wherein the multiple levels of content are selected from the group consisting of;

levels of confidentiality, levels of security, levels of complexity, levels of age appropriateness, and levels of detail.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the determining the content type comprises determining a plurality of content types, wherein the first level of content is associated with at least one of the plurality of content types;

and

wherein the mapping comprises mapping the at least one of the plurality of content types of the first level of content to the user access rules.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive user profile data; and

set the user access rules for a user associated with the user profile data.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions further cause the computing device to identify an active user associated with the user profile.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive a command to share the second portion of the displayed user selected content;

determine that sharing of the second portion of the displayed user selected content is permitted; and

share the second portion of the displayed user selected content.

11. A system for controlling displayed content utilizing stylus rotation, comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;

program instructions to receive a user selection of content, wherein the user selected content comprises multiple levels of content, each level comprising a portion of the user selected content;

program instructions to display a first portion of user selected content associated with a first level of the user selected content;

program instructions to determine a content type of the user selected content;

program instructions to identify a user based on a fingerprint received from a fingerprint detector of the stylus;

program instructions to map the content type to user access rules of the identified user;

program instructions to detect rotation of a stylus, wherein the detecting the rotation of the stylus comprises detecting the rotation of the stylus through multiple clicks, wherein each of the multiple clicks is a predetermined amount of rotation of the stylus about its longitudinal axis from an initial starting point, and wherein each of the multiple clicks is associated with one of a plurality of levels of the user selected content, and the user access rules define which of the plurality of levels are available to the user;

program instructions to display a second portion of the user selected content associated with a second level of the user selected content based on the rotation of the stylus and user access rules, wherein the second portion of the user selected content comprises more or less content than the first portion of the user selected content; and

program instructions to determine that the second level of the user selected content is available to the user based on the user access rules prior to the displaying the second portion of the user selected content,

wherein the content type is associated with the multiple levels of content, each of the multiple levels of content having a portion of content associated therewith,

wherein the multiple levels of content are selected from the group consisting of;

levels of confidentiality, levels of security, levels of complexity, levels of age appropriateness, and levels of detail, and

wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions to receive user profile data for the user; and

program instructions to set the user access rules for the user.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a command to share the second portion of the displayed user selected content; and

program instructions to determine if sharing of the second portion of the displayed user selected content is permitted.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second portion of the user selected content comprises less content than the first portion of user selected content, the system further comprising:

program instructions to share the first portion of the displayed user selected content as obfuscated content along with the second portion of the displayed user selected content which is visible to a user viewing the shared content.