DELETE SLIDER MECHANISM
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1. A device, comprising:
- a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and
a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;
provide, to a user, a delete slider icon,detect user activity associated with the delete slider icon, anddetermine one of a plurality of delete functions to activate based on the user activity, where the plurality of delete functions include at least two of;
a tap to delete function that deletes a single character in response to the user tapping the delete slider icon,a delete on release function that deletes one or more characters in response to the user dragging the delete slider icon over the one or more characters and releasing the delete slider icon, ora flick to delete function that deletes all displayed characters in response to the user flicking the delete slider icon.
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Abstract
A device provides a delete slider icon, receives one or more characters, and selects a delete function from multiple delete functions, based on user activity associated with the delete slider icon. The device also deletes a single character of the one or more characters when a tap on the delete slider icon is detected, deletes one or more of the one or more characters when the delete slider icon is dragged over the one or more characters and released, and deletes all of the one or more characters when a flicking of the delete slider icon is detected.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and a processor to execute instructions in the memory to; provide, to a user, a delete slider icon, detect user activity associated with the delete slider icon, and determine one of a plurality of delete functions to activate based on the user activity, where the plurality of delete functions include at least two of; a tap to delete function that deletes a single character in response to the user tapping the delete slider icon, a delete on release function that deletes one or more characters in response to the user dragging the delete slider icon over the one or more characters and releasing the delete slider icon, or a flick to delete function that deletes all displayed characters in response to the user flicking the delete slider icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method performed by a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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providing, by an output device of the mobile communication device, a delete slider icon; receiving, by an input device of the mobile communication device, one or more characters; selecting, by a processor of the mobile communication device, a delete function from a plurality of delete functions, based on user activity associated with the delete slider icon; deleting, by the processor, a single character of the one or more characters when a tap on the delete slider icon is detected; deleting, by the processor, one or more of the one or more characters when the delete slider icon is dragged over the one or more characters and released; and deleting, by the processor, all of the one or more characters when a flicking of the delete slider icon is detected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by one or more processors, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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one or more instructions to provide a delete slider icon; one or more instructions to receive one or more characters; one or more instructions to select a delete function based on user activity associated with the delete slider icon; one or more instructions to delete a single character of the one or more characters when a tap on the delete slider icon is detected; one or more instructions to delete one or more of the one or more characters when the delete slider icon is dragged over the one or more characters and released; and one or more instructions to delete all of the one or more characters when a flicking of the delete slider icon is detected. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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