PRESSURE-SENSITIVE CONTEXT MENUS
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1. Apparatus comprising at least one physical computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into at least one hardware processor and executed, transform the hardware processor to perform the following:
- receive an indication of at least one instance of physical user activity directed to a computing system;
compute a pressure parameter associated with the user activity;
determine at least one display characteristic of a context menu presented in response to the user activity, based on the pressure parameter; and
display the context menu on the computing system.
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Abstract
Tools and techniques for pressure-sensitive context menus are provided. These tools receive indications of physical user activities directed to computing systems, and compute pressure parameters associated with the user activities. In turn, the tools may determine display characteristics of context menus that are presented in response to the user activity, based on the computed pressure parameters. The tools may also present the context menus on the computing systems.
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1. Apparatus comprising at least one physical computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into at least one hardware processor and executed, transform the hardware processor to perform the following:
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receive an indication of at least one instance of physical user activity directed to a computing system; compute a pressure parameter associated with the user activity; determine at least one display characteristic of a context menu presented in response to the user activity, based on the pressure parameter; and display the context menu on the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-based system comprising:
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at least one instance of processing hardware; at least one activity sensor coupled to communicate with the processing hardware, and operative to generate signals indicating at least one instance of user activity directed to the system; at least one bus system coupled to communicate with the processing hardware; at least one computer-readable storage medium coupled to communicate with the processing hardware via the bus system, wherein the storage medium is encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into the processing hardware, transform the processing hardware to receive the signals, process the signals to determine a pressure parameter associated with the user activity, and to compute least one display characteristic of a context menu based on the pressure parameter; and at least one display device operative to present the context menu to the user according to the display characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-based system comprising:
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at least one instance of processing hardware; at least one activity sensor coupled to communicate with the processing hardware, and operative to generate signals indicating at least one instance of user activity directed to the system; at least one bus system coupled to communicate with the processing hardware; at least one display device coupled to communicate via the bus system, and operative to present a context menu to the user; at least one computer-readable storage medium coupled to communicate with the processing hardware via the bus system, wherein the storage medium is encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into the processing hardware, transform the processing hardware to provide pressure-sensitive context menus, wherein the computer-executable instructions include a pressure calculator module that is adapted to receive the signals indicating the user activity, and that is operative to generate output signals indicating a pressure value associated with the user activity; a presentation engine module that is adapted to receive the output signals indicating the pressure value, that is operative to alter at least one visible characteristic of a context menu based on the pressure value, and that is adapted to generate display commands for presenting the context menu on the display device in response to the user activity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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