DISPLAYING A COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS THAT TRIGGER ACTIONS DIRECTED TO AN ITEM
First Claim
1. A method performed by a system comprising one or more data processing devices and a touchscreen display, the method comprising:
- displaying, by the system on the touchscreen display, several identifiers, each identifier comprising one or more graphical or textual elements that identify an item, each identifier associated with a respective interactive element;
receiving, by the system, user interaction with a first of the interactive elements that is associated with a first of the identifiers;
in response to the user interaction, the system displaying a collection of action widgets on the touchscreen display, the action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action triggered by user interaction therewith, the iconic graphical indicia displayed adjacent one another in a strip-shaped area that is wider than it is high, the strip-shaped area being displaced vertically on the touchscreen display from the first identifier so that the first identifier is visible on the touchscreen notwithstanding the display of the collection of action widgets;
receiving, by the system, user interaction with a first of the action widgets that is in the collection displayed on the touchscreen display; and
performing, by the system, the action represented by the first of the action widgets on the item identified by the first identifier.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying of collections of interactive elements that trigger actions directed to a particular contact, message, media file, or other item. In one aspect, a method is performed by a system comprising one or more data processing devices and a touchscreen display. The method includes displaying several identifiers, each identifier comprising one or more graphical or textual elements that identify an item, each identifier associated with a respective interactive element, receiving user interaction with a first of the interactive elements that is associated with a first of the identifiers, in response to the user interaction, displaying a collection of action widgets on the touchscreen display, the action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action triggered by user interaction therewith, the iconic graphical indicia displayed adjacent one another in a strip-shaped area that is wider than it is high, the strip-shaped area being displaced vertically on the touchscreen display from the first identifier so that the first identifier is visible on the touchscreen notwithstanding the display of the collection of action widgets, receiving user interaction with a first of the action widgets that is in the collection displayed on the touchscreen display, and performing the action represented by the first of the action widgets on the item identified by the first identifier.
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30 Claims
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1. A method performed by a system comprising one or more data processing devices and a touchscreen display, the method comprising:
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displaying, by the system on the touchscreen display, several identifiers, each identifier comprising one or more graphical or textual elements that identify an item, each identifier associated with a respective interactive element; receiving, by the system, user interaction with a first of the interactive elements that is associated with a first of the identifiers; in response to the user interaction, the system displaying a collection of action widgets on the touchscreen display, the action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action triggered by user interaction therewith, the iconic graphical indicia displayed adjacent one another in a strip-shaped area that is wider than it is high, the strip-shaped area being displaced vertically on the touchscreen display from the first identifier so that the first identifier is visible on the touchscreen notwithstanding the display of the collection of action widgets; receiving, by the system, user interaction with a first of the action widgets that is in the collection displayed on the touchscreen display; and performing, by the system, the action represented by the first of the action widgets on the item identified by the first identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device comprising a computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by a system comprising one or more data processing devices and a touchscreen display, cause the one or more data processing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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displaying an interactive element in a presentation on the touchscreen display; receiving user interaction with the interactive element; and displaying, in response to the user interaction, a collection of action widgets apparently overlaid on the presentation, the action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action triggered by user interaction therewith, the iconic graphical indicia displayed adjacent one another in an area that is wider than it is high and that is associated with a visible indicium that indicates to what the action triggered by user interaction with the widgets in the collection are directed, the area being displaced on the touchscreen display from the interactive element so that the interactive element is visible in the presentation notwithstanding the display of the collection of widgets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A handheld data processing system comprising:
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a touchscreen display; and a collection of one or more data processing devices that perform operations in accordance with one or more collections of machine-readable instructions, the operations including instructing the touchscreen display to display, in response to user interaction with a first interactive element displayed on the touchscreen display in association with an identifier of a contact, a first collection of action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action directed to the identified contact, and display, in response to user interaction with a second interactive element displayed on the touchscreen display in association with an identifier of a message, a second collection of action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action directed to the identified message, wherein the respective of the first and the second interactive elements are visible on the touchscreen display notwithstanding the display of the respective of the first or the second collection of action widgets. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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