APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EDITING CONTENT ON A WIRELESS DEVICE

• US 20090164493A1
• Filed: 12/24/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: JOHNSGARD, Todd J.
• Application Number:
  US11/963,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for enhanced editing comprise displaying content comprising data items and a cursor having a position. The apparatus and method further include applying a predetermined aggregation rule to the displayed data items to generate a list of one or more data aggregations. Additionally, the apparatus and methods include displaying the list of data aggregations, and further generating and displaying a list of one or more functions to perform on the one or more data aggregations. The apparatus and methods further include receiving an indication of a selected data aggregation, as well as a selected function to carry out with respect to the selected data aggregation. Further, the apparatus and methods are operable to perform the selected function on the selected data aggregation.

Claims

1. A wireless device, comprising:

a memory;

a processor in communication with the memory;

an output device in communication with the processor and the memory, wherein the output device comprises a display operable to present content comprising a plurality of data items and a cursor having a position within the content;

an element recognizer stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the element recognizer comprises at least one data aggregation rule that defines aggregations of data items, wherein the element recognizer is executable to generate a content element list of at least one data aggregation when the at least one data aggregation rule is applied to the content, wherein each data aggregation comprises a group of at least one of the plurality of data items, and wherein the at least one data aggregation rule determines an inclusion and an order of each data aggregation within the content element list based on the position of the cursor, wherein the element recognizer is further operable to initiate presentation of the content element list on the display; and

a manipulator stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the manipulator is operable to receive an indication of a selected data aggregation from the content element list, and wherein the manipulator is further operable to execute a selected editing function on the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the element recognizer is further operable to generate the content element list based on the selected editing function.

3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the selected editing function comprises at least one of a group of a cut operation, a copy operation, or a paste operation.

4. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the at least one data aggregation rule defines a first group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a word, a second group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a sentence, and a third group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a paragraph.

5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the at least one data aggregation rule defines different ones of the aggregations of data items based on an area of the content where the respective data items are located.

6. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising at least one application stored in the memory and executable by the processor to generate the content, wherein the at least one data aggregation rule comprises a plurality of data aggregation rules each corresponding to one of a plurality of applications, wherein the element recognizer is operable to execute a selected one of the plurality of data aggregation rules based on the application that generates the content.

7. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising an application stored in the memory and executable by the processor to generate the content, wherein the manipulator further comprises a plurality of editing functions each corresponding to one of a plurality of applications, wherein the manipulator is operable to generate a list of editing functions based on the application that generates the content.

8. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the at least one data aggregation rule further comprises a plurality of element aggregation rules each defining one of a plurality of content elements that each comprise different aggregations of data items, wherein the manipulator further comprises a plurality of editing functions each corresponding to at least one of the plurality of content elements, wherein the manipulator is further operable to generate a list of editing functions based on the respective one or more of the plurality of content elements present in the content on the display according to the at least one data aggregation rule.

9. The wireless device of claim 8, wherein the manipulator is further operable to generate the list of editing functions based on the position of the cursor.

10. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the manipulator is further operable to generate a list of at least one editing function based on the selected data aggregation.

11. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the manipulator is further operable to generate a list of at least one editing function based on an application that generated the content.

12. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising a monitoring module operable to store at least one editing action occurring on the communications device in an action history log, and wherein the manipulator is further operable to generate a list of editing functions based on the at least one editing action stored in the action history log.

13. The wireless device of claim 12, wherein the at least one editing action of the communications device comprises at least one of a group of an execution of an application, or an execution of a selected editing function, and wherein the manipulator is further operable to order each editing function in the list of editing functions based on the action history log.

14. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of data items comprises at least one of a group of a character, a number, a universal resource locator, an email address, a phone number, an audio file, a video file, or a graphics file.

15. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising a first application and a second application both stored in memory and both executable by the processor, wherein the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation further corresponds to the first application, and wherein execution of the selected editing function results in the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation becoming associated with the second application.

16. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising an application stored in the memory and executable by the processor to generate the content, and wherein the manipulator is further operable to move the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items associated with the selected data aggregation within different portions of the application.

17. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising a key operable to control the position of the cursor, wherein the cursor is operable to change position only based on actuation of the key.

18. A method of editing content on a wireless device, comprising:

displaying content comprising a plurality of data items and a cursor having a position with respect to the content;

generating a content element list of at least one data aggregation based on applying at least one data aggregation rule to the content, wherein each data aggregation comprises a group of at least one of the plurality of data items, and wherein the at least one data aggregation rule determines an inclusion and an order of each data aggregation within the content element list based on the position of the cursor;

displaying the content element list;

receiving an indication of a selected data aggregation from the content element list; and

executing a selected editing function on the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein generating further comprises generating based on the selected editing function.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a list of at least one of a plurality of editing functions based on the position of the cursor, displaying the list of at least one of a plurality of editing functions, and receiving a selection of one of the list, wherein executing the selected editing function is based on the received selection.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein executing the selected editing function comprises at least one of a group of copying the respective data items represented by the selected data aggregation to storage, cutting the respective data items represented by the selected data aggregation, or pasting the respective data items represented by the selected aggregation from storage to an application.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein applying the at least one data aggregation rule further comprises defining a first group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a word, defining a second group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a sentence, and defining a third group of the plurality of data items corresponding to a paragraph.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein applying the at least one data aggregation rule further comprises defining different ones of the aggregations of data items based on an area of the content where the respective data items are located.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising executing at least one application to generate the content, wherein applying the at least one data aggregation rule further comprises applying a selected one of a plurality of data aggregation rules each corresponding to one of a plurality of applications, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data aggregation rules is based on the application that generates the content.

25. The method of claim 18, further comprising executing at least one application to generate the content, further comprising generating a list of a plurality of editing functions each corresponding to one of a plurality of applications, wherein the generated list of editing functions is based on the application that generates the content.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein applying the at least one data aggregation rule further comprises applying a plurality of element aggregation rules each defining one of a plurality of content elements that each comprise different aggregations of data items, further comprising generating a list of a plurality of editing functions each corresponding to at least one of the plurality of content elements, wherein the generated list of editing functions is based on the respective one or more of the plurality of content elements present in the content on the display according to the applying of the plurality of element aggregation rules, and receiving a selection of the selected editing function from the generated list.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising generating the list of editing functions based on the position of the cursor.

28. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a list of at least one editing function based on the selected data aggregation.

29. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a list of at least one editing function based on an application that generated the content.

30. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing at least one editing action in an action history log, and generating a list of editing functions based on the at least one editing action stored in the action history log.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein storing at least one editing action of the communications device further comprises storing at least one of an execution of an application or an execution of the selected editing function, and further comprising ordering each editing function in the list of editing functions based on the action history log.

32. The method of claim 18, wherein displaying content further comprises displaying at least one of a group of a character, a number, a universal resource locator, an email address, a phone number, an audio file, a video file, or a graphics file.

33. The method of claim 18, wherein displaying content is based on the execution of a first application, and wherein executing the selected editing function results in the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation becoming associated with a second application.

34. The method of claim 18, wherein displaying content is based on the execution of an application, and wherein executing the selected editing function further comprises moving the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items associated with the selected data aggregation within different portions of the application.

35. The method of claim 18, further comprising controlling the position of the cursor only based on actuation of a key that moves the cursor.

36. At least one processor configured to enable editing on a wireless device, comprising:

a first module for displaying content comprising a plurality of data items and a cursor having a position with respect to the content;

a second module for generating a content element list of at least one data aggregation based on applying at least one data aggregation rule to the content, wherein each data aggregation comprises a group of at least one of the plurality of data items, and wherein the at least one data aggregation rule determines an inclusion and an order of each data aggregation within the content element list based on the position of the cursor;

a third module for displaying the content element list;

a fourth module for receiving an indication of a selected data aggregation from the content element list; and

a fifth module for executing a selected editing function on the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation.

37. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

at least one instruction for causing a computer to display content comprising a plurality of data items and a cursor having a position with respect to the content;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to generate a content element list of at least one data aggregation based on applying at least one data aggregation rule to the content, wherein each data aggregation comprises a group of at least one of the plurality of data items, and wherein the at least one data aggregation rule determines an inclusion and an order of each data aggregation within the content element list based on the position of the cursor;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to display the content element list;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive an indication of a selected data aggregation from the content element list; and

at least one instruction for causing to execute a selected editing function on the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation.

38. An apparatus, comprising:

means for displaying content comprising a plurality of data items and a cursor having a position with respect to the content;

means for generating a content element list of at least one data aggregation based on applying at least one data aggregation rule to the content, wherein each data aggregation comprises a group of at least one of the plurality of data items, and wherein the at least one data aggregation rule determines an inclusion and an order of each data aggregation within the content element list based on the position of the cursor;

means for displaying the content element list;

means for receiving an indication of a selected data aggregation from the content element list; and

means for executing a selected editing function on the respective group of at least one of the plurality of data items corresponding to the selected data aggregation.