Event Handling In An Integrated Execution Environment

• US 20110296057A1
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Shah, Rishit, Flores, Antonio, Balakrishnan, Govind, Chanda, Rupen
• Granted Patent: US 8,131,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for handling input received from a common interface of a program and a runtime environment when both the program and the runtime environment are configured to consume the received input. Given that both a browser program and a media player program hosted by the browser program are configured to detect an event of a certain type, there may be a contention of whether the browser program or the media player program may act first on the detected event. The disclosed systems and techniques enable interpretation of a user'"'"'s intent when the user interacts with a webpage hosting media content and when the user'"'"'s input occurs over media content rendered by the media player program. Similar advantages may also be realized within the context of another execution environment, or other program, different than a browser program.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a first program that renders content of a first content type, input from a computing device interface associated with a second program that renders content of a second content type;

determining an input type of the received input;

switching the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type;

switching the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type;

allowing the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handling the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

2. The method of claim 1, where the determining comprises:

determining the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with content of the first content type; and

determining the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with content of the first content type.

3. The method of claim 2, where the determining comprises:

determining the received input to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with content of the first content type.

4. The method of claim 1, where the receiving comprises getting the received input from a touchscreen of a mobile device, and the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program.

5. The method of claim 4, where the second program is a browser program.

6. The method of claim 4, where the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device, and

where the third input type:

is associated with the first content type rendered by the media player program, and

comprises multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.

7. A system comprising:

a storage device including a first program that renders content of a first content type and a second program that renders content of a second content type; and

one or more hardware processors configured to interact with a touchscreen device, execute the first and second programs and perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the first program, input from a computing device interface associated with the second program;

determining an input type of the received input;

switching the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type;

switching the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type;

allowing the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handling the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein to carry out said determining, the one or more hardware processors are further configured to perform operations comprising:

determining the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with content of the first content type; and

determining the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with content of the first content type.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein to carry out said determining, the one or more hardware processors are further configured to perform operations comprising:

determining the received input to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with content of the first content type.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a touchscreen device,

wherein the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program, and

wherein to carry out said receiving the one or more hardware processors are further configured to perform operations comprising;

getting the received input from the touchscreen device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the second program is a browser program.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device, and

the third input type comprises multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.

13. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a first program, input from a computing device interface associated with a second program;

determining an input type of the received input;

switching the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type;

switching the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type;

allowing the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handling the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

14. The computer storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions for said determining include instructions that when executed by the data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

determining the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with content of the first content type; and

determining the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with content of the first content type.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions for said determining include instructions that when executed by the data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

determining the received input to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with content of the first content type.

16. The computer storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions for said receiving include instructions that when executed by the data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

getting the received input from a touchscreen of a mobile device, wherein the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the second program is a browser program.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device and the third input type comprises multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.