Portable Electronic Device Performing Similar Operations for Different Gestures

• US 20080094370A1
• Filed: 09/05/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: MATAS, Michael, HERZ, Scott, FORSTALL, Scott, VAN OS, Marcel, WESTERMAN, Wayne, LEMAY, Stephen, CHRISTIE, Greg, ORDING, Bas
• Granted Patent: US 8,842,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display,

displaying an application; and

when the application is in a predefined mode, performing a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch screen display.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the multiple gestures on the touch screen display include a tap gesture and a swipe gesture.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the application is an image management application or a browser application.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predefined mode is to display an object in a set of objects.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the object is a digital image in a set of digital images.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the digital images corresponds to a video stream.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the digital images corresponds to a music album.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the object is a web page in a set of web pages.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display,

displaying a first application;

when the first application is in a first mode,

performing a first operation upon detecting a first gesture on the touch screen display; and

performing the first operation upon detecting a second gesture on the touch screen display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the first mode is to display a first object in a set of objects.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the first object is a digital image in a set of digital images.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the first object is a web page in a set of web pages.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the first gesture is a tap gesture and the second gesture is a swipe gesture.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, 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.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the first operation is to display a next object in a set of objects.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, 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.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the first operation is to display a previous object in a set of objects.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, including

when the first application is in the first mode,

performing the first operation upon detecting a third gesture on the touch screen display, wherein the third gesture is different from the first gesture and the second gesture.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the first gesture is a tap gesture on the right side of the touch screen display, the second gesture is a substantially right-to-left swipe gesture, the third gesture is a tap gesture on a next icon, and the first operation is to display a next object in a set of objects.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the first gesture is a tap gesture on the left side of the touch screen display, the second gesture is a substantially left-to-right swipe gesture, the third gesture is a tap gesture on a previous icon, and the first operation is to display a previous object in a set of objects.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the first application is an image management application.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the first application is a browser application.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, including

when the second application is in a second mode,

performing the first operation upon detecting the first gesture on the touch screen display;

and

performing the first operation upon detecting the second gesture on the touch screen display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, wherein the second mode is to display a first object in a set of objects.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, wherein the first application is an image management application and the second application is a browser application.

26. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including;

instructions for displaying an application; and

instructions for performing a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch screen display when the application is in a predefined mode.

27. The portable electronic device of claim 26, wherein the multiple gestures on the touch screen display include a tap gesture and a swipe gesture.

28. The portable electronic device of claim 26, wherein the application is an image management application or a browser application.

29. The portable electronic device of claim 26, wherein the predefined mode is to display an object in a set of objects.

30. The portable electronic device of claim 29, wherein the object is a digital image in a set of digital images.

31. The portable electronic device of claim 30, wherein at least one of the digital images corresponds to a video stream.

32. The portable electronic device of claim 30, wherein at least one of the digital images corresponds to a music album.

33. The portable electronic device of claim 29, wherein the object is a web page in a set of web pages.

34. A computer-program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to;

display an application; and

when the application is in a predefined mode, perform a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch screen display.

35. A graphical user interface on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

an application in a predefined mode;

wherein the application performs a predefined operation in response to multiple gestures on the touch screen display.

36. A portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

means for displaying an application; and

means for performing a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch screen display when the application is in a predefined mode.