METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSOCIATING OBJECTS

• US 20090079699A1
• Filed: 09/24/2007
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: SUN, JIAN
• Application Number:
  US11/859,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20090079699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method (400) of associating objects in an electronic device (100), the method (400) performs identifying a first object (420) in response to detecting an initial contact of a scribed stroke (410) at a location of a first area of a touch sensitive user interface (170) which corresponds with the first object. Next there is performed identifying a second object (455) in response to detecting a final contact (450) of the scribed stroke at a location of a second area of the touch sensitive user interface (170) which corresponds with the second object. Then the method (400) performs associating the first object with the second object (460) and wherein one of the first and second areas of the touch sensitive user interface (170) is a touch sensitive display screen (105) and the other area of the touch sensitive user interface (170) is a touch sensitive keypad (165).

Claims

1. A method of associating objects in an electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying a first object in response to detecting an initial contact of a scribed stroke at a location of a first area of a touch sensitive user interface which corresponds with the first object;

identifying a second object in response to detecting a final contact of the scribed stroke at a location of a second area of the touch sensitive user interface which corresponds with the second object; and

associating the first object with the second object,

wherein one of the first and second areas of the touch sensitive user interface is a touch sensitive display screen and the other area of the touch sensitive user interface is a touch sensitive keypad.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the location of the first area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the first object comprises an icon on the touch sensitive display screen, and the location of the second area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the second object comprises a key on the touch sensitive keypad.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the location of the first area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the first object comprises a key on the touch sensitive tablet, and the location of the second area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the second object comprises an icon on the touch sensitive display screen.

4. A method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising displaying on the touch sensitive display screen an indication of the key on the touch sensitive keypad corresponding to the point of contact in the scribed stroke at the touch sensitive keypad.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising displaying on the touch sensitive display screen movement of the icon of a said object corresponding to movement of the point of contact of the scribed stroke at the touch sensitive display screen.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein associating the first object with the second object comprises copying content from the first object into the second object.

7. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second object is a temporary storage location.

8. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second object is an application which is automatically executed upon associating the first and second objects.

9. A method of associating objects in an electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying a first object in response to detecting an initial contact of a scribed stroke at a location of a first area of a touch sensitive display screen which corresponds with the first object; and

identifying a second object in response to detecting actuation of a key on a keypad which corresponds with the second object, said actuation of the key following termination of the scribed stroke on the touch sensitive display screen; and

associating the first object with the second object.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a touch sensitive user interface for receiving scribed strokes and having a first area and a second area;

a processor arranged to identify a first object in response to detecting an initial contact of the scribed stroke at a location of the first area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the first object, identify a second object in response to detecting a final contact of the scribed stroke at a location of the second area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the second object, and associate the first object with the second object,

wherein one of the first and second areas of the touch sensitive user interface is a touch sensitive display screen and the other area of the touch sensitive user interface is a touch sensitive keypad.

11. An electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch sensitive display screen is arranged to display an icon at the location of the first area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the first object, and wherein the location of the second area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the second object comprises a key on the touch sensitive keypad.

12. An electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch sensitive display screen is arranged to display an icon at the location of the first area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the second object, and wherein the location of the second area of the touch sensitive user interface corresponding to the first object comprises a key on the touch sensitive keypad.

13. An electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch sensitive display screen is arranged to display an indication of the key on the touch sensitive keypad corresponding to the point of contact in the scribed stroke at the touch sensitive keypad.

14. An electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the touch sensitive display screen is arranged to display movement of the icon of a said object corresponding to movement of the point of contact of the scribed stroke at the touch sensitive display screen.

15. An electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein associating the first object with the second object comprises copying content from the first object into the second object.

16. An electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the second object is a temporary storage location.

17. An electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second object is an application which is automatically executed upon associating the first and second objects.