PHONEBOOK ARRANGEMENT

• US 20100138781A1
• Filed: 11/30/2008
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Shannon, Edwin, Jenkins, Tom, Korhonen, Panu, Anttila, Akseli
• Application Number:
  US12/325,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138781A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In a contacts application, detecting an activation of a selectable element in a current view of the application. If the selectable element is a title bar of the current view, determining if the activation is one of a first type or a second type. If the activation is of the first type, presenting a list of application specific options associated with the current view. If the selectable element is an item in the current view, determining if the activation is one of the first type or the second type. If the activation is of the second type, presenting a list of view specific options associated with the selected item.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a contacts application, detecting an activation of a selectable element in a current view of the application;

if the selectable element is a title bar of the current view, determining if the activation is one of a first type or a second type; and

if the activation is of the first type, presenting a list of application specific options associated with the current view;

if the selectable element is an item in the current view, determining if the activation is one of the first type or the second type; and

if the activation is of the second type, presenting a list of view specific options associated with the selected item.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising that when the selectable element is the title bar, and the first activation type is a tap activation, the list of application specific options associated with the current view is generated.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising that when the selectable element is an item corresponding to the current view, and the second activation type is a long tap on the item, the list of view specific options associated with the selected item is generated.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, after presenting the list of view specific options, highlighting the selected item in the current view.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the list of application specific options and the list of view specific options is presented as a pop-up window.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the activation of the first type is one of a tap, a long tap or a double tap, and the activation of the second type is different from the first type.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the activation of the first type is a sliding motion in a first direction and the activation of the second type is a sliding motion in an opposite direction.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising that when the selected element is the title bar, the activation of the first type generates the list of application specific options and the activation of the second type generates a data view corresponding to the current view.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising that the selectable element is a title bar of the current view, and after determining that the activation is of the first type, determining functions that operate on an application corresponding to the application view, grouping the functions, and providing the group as the list of application specific options.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising that the selectable element is an item corresponding to the current view, and after determining that the activation is of the first type, opening a next application view corresponding to the selected item.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising, after determining that the activation is of the second type, determining functions that operate on the selected item, grouping the functions, and providing the group as the list of item specific options.

18. A computer program product comprising computer program readable code means stored in a memory, the computer readable program code means configured to execute the method steps of claim 1.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to generate a view on a display from a contacts application, the view including at least a title bar and a selectable item;

a processor configured to detect a selection input of the title bar, and if the selection input is of a pre-determined type, generate a menu that includes functions that operate on contacts application related to the view; and

a processor configured to detect a selection input of a selectable item in the view, and if the selection input is of a pre-determined type, generate a menu that includes functions that operate on the selected item.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising that:

when the selection input of the title bar is of the pre-determined type, the processor is configured to group all application functions that operate with the contacts application view and present the functions in the menu; and

when the selection input on a selectable item is of the pre-determined type, identify all functions that operate on the selectable item and present the functions in the menu.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising that the processor is configured to detect as short tap on the title bar as the selection input and generate the menu and a long tap on the selected item as the selection input and generate the menu.

15. A user interface for a contacts application comprising:

a display for a view related to the contacts application, the display including;

a first region that includes a title bar of the contacts application view, the title bar configured to be selectable, and a detection of a pre-determined input to the title bar will generate a menu on the view that includes functions specific to the contacts application;

at least a second region that includes items specific to the contacts applications view, wherein a selection input of a pre-determined type to an item will generate a menu on the view that includes functions specific to the item.

16. The user interface of claim 15 a pop-up window on the view that includes the generated menu.

17. The user interface of claim 15 further comprising that the menu for an item specific to the contacts application includes data related to the item.