Touch-Optimized Approach for Controlling Computer Function Using Touch Sensitive Tiles
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, wherein the desktop environment includes a plurality of graphical user interface elements that are not optimized for finger touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen; and
invoking, in response to the request, a tiles environment that is optimized for finger touch enabled input by the user from the touch-enabled display screen, wherein the tiles environment includes one or more graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user.
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Abstract
An approach is provided that receives a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, such as windowing computer interface. The desktop environment includes graphical user interface elements, such as standard icons, that are not optimized for touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen. When a request, such as a gesture is received at the touch-enabled display screen, a tiles environment is invoked. The tiles environment include touch-optimized graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user. In one embodiment, the tiles environment is an overlay of the desktop environment.
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, wherein the desktop environment includes a plurality of graphical user interface elements that are not optimized for finger touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen; and invoking, in response to the request, a tiles environment that is optimized for finger touch enabled input by the user from the touch-enabled display screen, wherein the tiles environment includes one or more graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory accessible by at least one of the processors; a touch-enabled display screen accessible from one or more of the processors; a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; receiving a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, wherein the desktop environment includes a plurality of graphical user interface elements that are not optimized for finger touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen; and invoking, in response to the request, a tiles environment that is optimized for finger touch enabled input by the user from the touch-enabled display screen, wherein the tiles environment includes one or more graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:
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receiving a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, wherein the desktop environment includes a plurality of graphical user interface elements that are not optimized for finger touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen; and invoking, in response to the request, a tiles environment that is optimized for finger touch enabled input by the user from the touch-enabled display screen, wherein the tiles environment includes one or more graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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