GLYPH ENTRY ON COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A computer-implemented user interface method, comprising:
- displaying on a touchscreen of a computing device a first sub-portion of a list of items;
receiving from a user of the device an drawn input on the touchscreen;
correlating the drawn input to an alphanumeric character; and
automatically displaying a second sub-portion of the list having one or more entries whose first character correlates to the alphanumeric character.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A computer-implemented user interface method is disclosed. The method includes displaying on a touchscreen of a computing device a first sub-portion of a list of items, receiving from a user of the device an drawn input on the touchscreen, correlating the drawn input to an alphanumeric character, and automatically displaying a second sub-portion of the list having one or more entries whose first character correlates to the alphanumeric character.
-
Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A computer-implemented user interface method, comprising:
-
displaying on a touchscreen of a computing device a first sub-portion of a list of items; receiving from a user of the device an drawn input on the touchscreen; correlating the drawn input to an alphanumeric character; and automatically displaying a second sub-portion of the list having one or more entries whose first character correlates to the alphanumeric character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A computer-implemented user interface method, comprising:
-
displaying on a touchscreen of a computing device content from an operating system or application operating on the device; receiving from a user of the device an drawn input on the touchscreen over the content from the operating system or application, wherein the drawn input is not correlated to the content from the operating system or application; identifying a user-defined glyph associated with the drawn input; and automatically displaying on the touchscreen, in response to identifying the user-defined glyph, one or more user-defined interface elements that corresponds to the user-defined glyph. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
-
13. An article comprising a computer-readable data storage medium storing program code operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations, the operations comprising:
-
displaying on a touchscreen of a computing device a first sub-portion of a list of items; receiving from a user of the device an drawn input on the touchscreen; correlating the drawn input to an alphanumeric character; and automatically displaying a second sub-portion of the list having one or more entries whose first character correlates to the alphanumeric character. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A computer-implemented user interface system, comprising:
-
a graphical display to present portions of a graphical user interface showing objects designated by alphanumeric titles; a glyph interpreter to receive user traces on the graphical display and to identify a glyph corresponding to a received user trace; and a drawn user input controller programmed to display new content on the graphical display that has been previously identified as corresponding to the identified glyph. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A computer-implemented user interface system, comprising:
-
a graphical display to present portions of a graphical user interface showing objects designated by alphanumeric titles; a glyph interpreter to receive user traces on the graphical display and to identify a glyph corresponding to a received user trace; and means for displaying one of the objects in response to reception of a glyph on the graphical display, wherein the displayed object is correlated with the identified glyph.
-
Specification