DIRECTIONAL PAD ON TOUCHSCREEN
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1. A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs, the method comprising:
- receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device;
identifying a direction for the sliding motion;
associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad; and
providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device.
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1. A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs, the method comprising:
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receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device; identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad; and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs, the method comprising:
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associating each of a plurality of cardinal directions on a touchscreen display of a computing device with a cardinal direction for a directional pad input device; receiving a user contact at a location on the touchscreen display and a sliding input at a direction relative to the location of the user contact; correlating the direction relative to the location of the user contact to a cardinal direction; and registering with the computing device a directional pad input that corresponds to the cardinal direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented data entry system for managing directional user inputs, the system comprising:
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a touchscreen input manager to receive and interpret user inputs on a touchscreen of a computing device; one or more computing applications; and a gesture interface to receive registrations from the one or more computing applications and to convert sensed input sliding directions on the touchscreen into directional pad input data whose cardinal directions correspond to the input sliding directions, and to provide the directional pad input data to the one or more computing applications. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented data entry system, comprising:
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an electronic touchscreen display; a touchscreen input manager to receive and interpret user inputs on the electronic touchscreen display; one or more computing applications executable to receive input on the touchscreen display; and means for providing directional user-entered data from the touchscreen to the one or more computing applications, wherein the directional user-entered data is correlated to cardinal directions for a directional pad input device.
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