ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

• US 20120180001A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: GRIFFIN, Jason Tyler, LUKASIK, Susan L., KUMAR, Surender, JANO, Bashar
• Application Number:
  US12/985,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20120180001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method includes detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display, determining an element associated with the edge, and opening the element.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display;

based on attributes of the gesture, displaying information associated with a next element of a first group.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gesture is associated with an edge of the display based on an origin point of the gesture.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gesture is associated with an edge when the gesture crosses a boundary of the touch-sensitive display.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gesture is associated with the edge when the origin point of the gesture is near an edge of a display.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the next element comprises one of a preceding element or a succeeding element of the first group.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the next element comprises a succeeding element of the first group when the gesture is associated with a first corner of the touch-sensitive display and the next element comprises a preceding element of the first group when the gesture is associated with a second corner of the touch-sensitive display.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying information associated with the next element of the first group comprises discontinuing displaying information associated with another element of the first group.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying information associated with the next element of the first group comprises displaying a preview of the information associated with the next element.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the preview comprises one of an icon representative of the element, a partial view of information stored in association with the element, and a word identifying the element.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising detecting a gesture associated with another edge of the display and, based on attributes of the gesture, displaying information associated with a next element of a second group.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the next element in the group is determined based on gesture attributes.

12. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to detect a gesture associated with an edge of a display, and based on attributes of the gesture, display information associated with a next element of a first group.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the touch-sensitive display comprises a display and at least one touch-sensitive input device that is disposed on a display area and a non-display area of the display.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the attributes of the gesture include at least one of an origin point and an end point and at least one of a direction, a speed, a duration, and a length of the gesture.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein display of information associated with another element of the first group is discontinued when information associated with the next element of the first group is displayed.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein information associated with a next element of the first group comprises a preview of information.

18. A method comprising:

detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display;

determining an element associated with the edge;

opening the element.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the edge is one of a corner of the touch-sensitive display and a side of the touch-sensitive display.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the display comprises a touch-sensitive display.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the touch-sensitive display comprises a display area where information is displayed and a non-display area where no information is displayed.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the edge is one of a corner of the display area and a side of the display area.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the edge is one of a corner of the non-display area and a side of the non-display area.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the edge is associated with a plurality of elements.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein determining the element comprises identifying a first element of the plurality of elements.

26. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

detecting that the gesture is sustained;

displaying information associated with a plurality of elements associated with the edge;

wherein the information is displayed for one of the plurality of elements at a time;

wherein determining the element comprises identifying the element for which information is displayed when the sustained gesture ends.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the information is displayed in turn in an order for at least some of the plurality of elements.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the information is displayed upon detection of the gesture.

29. The method of claim 18, wherein the gesture has an origin or an endpoint associated with the edge.

30. The method of claim 18, wherein the gesture at least touches the edge.

31. The method of claim 18, wherein the display comprises a display area where information is displayed and a non-display area where no information is displayed, and at least a part of a touch sensor is disposed in the non-display area.

32. The method of claim 18, further comprising an image associated with a peel at the edge while the gesture is not detected.

33. The method of claim 18, further comprising detecting a second gesture associated with the edge and closing the first element.

34. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to detect a gesture associated with an edge of a display, determine an element associated with the edge, and open the element.

35. A method comprising:

detecting a gesture associated with a first edge of a touch-sensitive display, wherein the first edge is associated with a first plurality of elements;

displaying information associated with the first plurality of elements, wherein the information is displayed for one of the plurality of elements at a time;

when the gesture ends at a time, identifying a first element of the first plurality of elements for which first element information is displayed at the time.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the first element is opened.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the first element is closed when the first element is open at the time of detecting.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein a second edge of the touch-sensitive display is associated with a second plurality of elements.