TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

• US 20100214237A1
• Filed: 10/14/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Echeverri, Oscar, Mujkic, Alen, Lee, John Jong-Suk
• Granted Patent: US 8,686,954 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Information including a first part of a list is displayed on a touch-sensitive display (118) of a portable electronic device (100). The touch-sensitive display (118) detects (403) a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display and scrolls (409, 411) within the information in response to the first gesture. The touch-sensitive display (118) detects (403) a second gesture in a second direction on the touch-sensitive display and displays a second part of (415, 417) the list on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, information having a first part and a second part;

detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling within the information in response to the first swipe;

detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, and displaying a second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the information occurs later in the information than the first part of the information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the information occurs earlier in the information than the first part of the information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the category is one of a date, a name, and a subject.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is referenced with respect to the touch-sensitive display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is referenced with respect to orientation of the information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a length of the second gesture and displaying a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the information in one area of the touch-sensitive display while preserving other information in a second area of the touch-sensitive display.

12. A computer readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

13. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display configured to display information having a first part and a second part and to receive a gesture;

a microprocessor configured to;

detect, on the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction and to scroll within a first part of the information in response to the first gesture and

detect, on the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture and to display the second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the microprocessor is further configured to determine a length of the second gesture and display a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

18. A method comprising:

displaying information on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, wherein the information comprises at least a first part and a second part;

detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling within the first part of the information displayed on the touch-sensitive display in response to the first gesture;

detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, and displaying the second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second part of the information occurs later in the information than the first part of the information.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining a length of the second gesture and displaying a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the second part of the list occurs earlier in the information than the first part of the information.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

25. A computer readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 18.

26. A method comprising:

during a first mode of operation of a touch-sensitive display, detecting a first gesture and scrolling, by the touch-sensitive display, through information in response to the first gesture;

during a second mode of operation of a touch-sensitive display, detecting a second gesture and jumping, by the touch-sensitive display, to display a different part of the information in response to the second gesture.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the first mode is entered when a first-mode gesture having a first attribute is detected, and wherein the second mode is entered when a second-mode gesture having a second attribute is detected.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the first attribute comprises a direction of the first-mode gesture.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the second attribute comprises a direction of the second-mode gesture, which direction is relatively perpendicular to a direction of the first-mode gesture.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the second attribute comprises a plurality of touch aspects.