TOUCH INPUT DISAMBIGUATION
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1. A method performed in a user device, the method comprising:
- displaying content via a touch screen display of the user device;
detecting a touch, of the touch screen display, from a user of the user device;
determining a location of the touch;
determining whether the location is associated with a plurality of targets, wherein the plurality of targets includes an intended target;
determining, when the location is associated with the plurality of targets, a relative value for each of the targets;
determining whether more than one of the relative values exceeds a particular threshold;
modifying, when more than one of the relative values exceeds a particular threshold, particular targets, of the plurality of targets, associated with the more than one of the relative values; and
presenting, via the touch screen display, the particular targets to the user for selection of the intended target.
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Abstract
A user device may display content items in a content area on a touch screen display of the user device. The user device may detect a touch and determine a location of a contact area corresponding to the touch. If the contact area includes more than one target, the user device may request further user input, with respect to the selection, and defer performing a function corresponding to the selection.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed in a user device, the method comprising:
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displaying content via a touch screen display of the user device; detecting a touch, of the touch screen display, from a user of the user device; determining a location of the touch; determining whether the location is associated with a plurality of targets, wherein the plurality of targets includes an intended target; determining, when the location is associated with the plurality of targets, a relative value for each of the targets; determining whether more than one of the relative values exceeds a particular threshold; modifying, when more than one of the relative values exceeds a particular threshold, particular targets, of the plurality of targets, associated with the more than one of the relative values; and presenting, via the touch screen display, the particular targets to the user for selection of the intended target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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13. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a touch screen to display content; and a processor to; determine a contacted area of the touch screen, wherein the contacted area includes a portion of the content, determine that the portion of the content includes a plurality of first touch-selectable elements, wherein the plurality of first selectable elements includes a user-preferred selectable element, identify, from the plurality of first touch-selectable elements, a plurality of second selectable elements based on one or more parameters indicative of the user-preferred selectable element, wherein the plurality of second selectable elements includes fewer than all of the first selectable elements, and display, via the touch screen, the plurality of second selectable elements.
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18. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
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automatically initiate a disambiguation mode in a mobile communication device; determine, in the disambiguation mode, that an ambiguity exists with respect to interpreting a first user input received via contact with a content portion of a display of the mobile communication device; modify the content portion; present, via display, the modified content portion; receive, via contact with the modified content portion, a second user input to resolve the ambiguity; and perform a function, in the mobile communication device, based on the second user input. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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