Single-Handed Approach for Navigation of Application Tiles Using Panning and Zooming
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Abstract
Unique interactive systems and methods that facilitate single-handed navigation and interaction with applications within a display space on any type of mobile computing device are provided. Embodiments include or employ scalable application tiles corresponding to applications, whereby the application tiles can provide or indicate the current state of the corresponding application. State information provided in each tile can vary as well depending on the current size of the tile. Tiles can be arranged into a plurality of zones such that a user can view one zone at a time and obtain context and information from the application tiles in that zone rather than working with all tiles and all zones simultaneously. The view of the display space can be of the world or all application tiles, zone, or application. Panning and zooming among the zones, application tiles and/or views can also be performed.
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42 Claims
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21. A computing device having code executed by a processor of said device, which when executed configures the computing device to:
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present a tile-based user interface having a plurality of zones, each zone configured to display a plurality of application tiles; and facilitate navigation from a first displayed zone of said plurality of zones to a second zone of said plurality of zones, said second zone spatially adjacent to said first displayed zone, wherein said navigating is accomplished while displaying content within said first and second zones in a smooth transition between adjacent zone. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A navigation method for allowing a user to interact with applications in a tile-based environment on a computing device, said method comprising:
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arranging a plurality of individual zones, each of said zones configured to include a plurality of application tiles; and configuring said zones to be navigated therebetween upon receiving an indication from a user'"'"'s hand, such that upon receiving a horizontal indication from said user, a first displayed zone transitions horizontally to a second displayed zone. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computing device comprising a screen displaying a display space, a processor executing instructions, and memory storing said instructions, said memory comprising:
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code, when executed by said processor, to display a plurality of tiles on said display space, said tiles grouped into a plurality of zones; code, when executed by said processor, to facilitate navigation between a first displayed zone of said plurality of zones and a second zone of said plurality of zones after receiving a single handed user command; and code, when executed by said processor, to snap to the center of one of said first displayed zone and second zone upon receiving a partial single handed user command, thereby preventing the transition from being caught between zones. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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