COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANIPULATING ONSCREEN DATA

• US 20120092268A1
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, PEI-YUN, CHIANG, MIKE WEN-HSING
• Application Number:
  US12/905,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20120092268A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A computer-implement method for manipulating onscreen data is disclosed. The method includes displaying content on a touch-sensitive display. A touch path is received from the touch-sensitive display. A command initiating path is identified from the touch path. At least one command operation is executed.

Claims

1. A computer-implement method for manipulating onscreen data, comprising:

displaying content on a touch-sensitive display;

receiving a touch path from the touch-sensitive display;

identifying a command initiating path from the touch path; and

executing at least one command operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the command initiating path is a circular like pattern.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising generating a command menu near the command initiating path to display an instruction for the at least one command operation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the command menu surrounds the command imitating path.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the command menu is divided into a plurality of areas and each area is associated with a command.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the command initiating path from the touch path comprises determining the command initiating path and a selecting path, as a path traveled before the command initiating path.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a track of the touch path on the display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least command operation comprises of four operations, the four operations comprise copy, cut, delete and paste.

9. A computer-implement method for manipulating onscreen data, the method comprising:

displaying content on a touch-sensitive display;

receiving a touch path from the touch-sensitive display;

identifying a command initiating path and a command executing path from the touch path; and

executing a command associated with the command executing path.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the command executing path is identified as a substantially straight path at an end travel of the touch path.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising identifying a travelling direction of the command executing path, wherein the command is associated with the travelling direction.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the travelling direction is identified as one of an upward direction, a downward direction, a rightward direction and a leftward direction.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the command is copy, cut, delete or paste.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the touch path is continuous.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the command initiating path is a circle pattern.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the command initiating path and the command executing path from the touch path further comprises determining the command initiating path and a selecting path.

17. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying a track of the touch path on the display.

18. A computer-implement method for manipulating onscreen data, comprising:

entering a content input mode on a touch-sensitive display to execute a content input operation;

identifying a substantially close travelled touch path from the touch-sensitive display; and

switching from the content input mode into a command mode.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising identifying a selecting path before identifying the substantially close travelled touch path to select the content.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising determining a command executing path after identifying the substantially close travelled touch path.