User Input for Hand-Held Device
First Claim
1. A method implemented by a hand held device of receiving character input from a user, said method comprising:
- displaying a selection tool on a display of said hand held device, said selection tool comprising a plurality of overlapping bands that are disposed at an angle relative to one another and that rotate about a common nucleus, each band including a different subset of selectable items from a large group of selectable items;
detecting a band selection input;
selecting one of said bands and displaying the selected band as a front-most band of said selection tool responsive to said band selection input;
detecting an item selection input; and
selecting one of said items on the front-most band responsive to said item selection input.
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Abstract
A touch interface for a hand held device having a selection tool is described herein. The selection tool allows a large group of selectable items to be displayed in a relatively small space on a touchscreen display, and appears as an element of a graphical user interface on the touchscreen display. The selection tool comprises a plurality of overlapping bands that are disposed at an angle relative to one another and that rotate about a common central area. Each band includes a subset of selectable items in a larger group of selectable items. A user makes a selection selecting a band containing a desired item as a top-most band and selecting the desired item. The selected item may comprise, for example, an icon representing an application, a file or folder, a menu item, or a character from a large character set.
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26 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a hand held device of receiving character input from a user, said method comprising:
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displaying a selection tool on a display of said hand held device, said selection tool comprising a plurality of overlapping bands that are disposed at an angle relative to one another and that rotate about a common nucleus, each band including a different subset of selectable items from a large group of selectable items; detecting a band selection input; selecting one of said bands and displaying the selected band as a front-most band of said selection tool responsive to said band selection input; detecting an item selection input; and selecting one of said items on the front-most band responsive to said item selection input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hand held device comprising:
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a display; a user input; and an interface control processor operatively connected to said display and said user input for implementing a graphical user interface, said interface control processor configured to; display a selection tool on a display of said hand held device, said selection tool comprising a plurality of overlapping bands that are disposed at an angle relative to one another and that rotate about a common center, each band including a different subset of selectable items from a large group of selectable items; detect a band selection input; select one of said bands and displaying the selected band as a front-most band of said selection tool responsive to said band selection input; detect an item selection input; and select one of said items on the front-most band responsive to said item selection input. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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