Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Additional Snippet Content

• US 20120240037A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Migos, Charles J., Capela, Jay Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,481 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device concurrently displays snippets including a first snippet and a second snippet. The first snippet includes first displayed snippet content corresponding to a first portion of content from a document associated with the first snippet. The second snippet includes second displayed snippet content corresponding to a second portion of content from a document associated with the second snippet. The device detects a gesture associated with the first snippet, which includes detecting a first contact and a second contact and detecting movement of the first contact relative to the second contact. In response, the device modifies the first snippet to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content and maintains display of the second snippet without adding any additional content from the document associated with the second snippet.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

concurrently displaying a plurality of snippets including a first snippet and a second snippet, wherein;

the first snippet includes first displayed snippet content corresponding to a first portion of content from a document associated with the first snippet; and

the second snippet includes second displayed snippet content corresponding to a second portion of content from a document associated with the second snippet;

detecting a first gesture associated with the first snippet, wherein detecting the first gesture includes detecting a first contact and a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detecting movement of the first contact relative to the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact;

modifying the first snippet to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content; and

maintaining display of the second snippet without adding any additional content from the document associated with the second snippet to the second snippet.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first snippet and the second snippet are both associated with a same document.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first snippet is associated with a first document and the second snippet is associated with a second document distinct from the first document.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of snippets are search result snippets.

5. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, prior to displaying the plurality of snippets:

receiving a search query including one or more terms; and

generating a set of snippets, wherein each snippet in the set of snippets corresponds to a portion of a document that matches one or more of the terms and the set of snippets includes the plurality of snippets.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein each snippet includes respective displayed snippet content and a header identifying the portion of the document that includes the respective snippet content.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet is displayed adjacent to the first displayed snippet content on the display.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet is selected in accordance with the first gesture.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet includes:

prior additional content that occurs prior to the first displayed snippet content in the document associated with the first snippet; and

subsequent additional content that occurs after the first displayed snippet content in the document associated with the first snippet.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein:

the prior additional content is displayed in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch sensitive surface; and

the subsequent additional content is displayed in accordance with movement of the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the first gesture is a depinch gesture.

12. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, while continuing to detect the first contact and the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface:

detecting that a gesture metric based on the first gesture is above a respective fading threshold, and in response to detecting that the gesture metric based on the first gesture is above the respective fading threshold, ceasing to display snippets other than the first snippet; and

detecting that the gesture metric based on the first gesture is below a redisplay threshold, and in response to detecting that the gesture metric based on the first gesture is below the redisplay threshold, redisplaying snippets other than the first snippet.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein a value of the redisplay threshold is related to a value of the fading threshold.

14. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, after detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact:

detecting an end of the first gesture; and

in response to detecting the end of the first gesture;

when a gesture metric based on the first gesture is above a predefined threshold, displaying a portion of the document associated with the first snippet that includes the first portion of content; and

when the gesture metric based on the first gesture is below the predefined threshold, ceasing to display the additional portion of content.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the gesture metric is a measure of distance between the first contact and the second contact prior to detecting an end of the gesture.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the gesture metric is a measure of a change in distance between the first contact and the second contact during the first gesture.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein:

detecting the end of the first gesture includes detecting liftoff of the first contact from the touch-sensitive surface; and

the gesture metric includes a measure of velocity of the first contact on the touch-sensitive surface prior to detecting the liftoff of the first contact.

18. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, after detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact:

detecting an end of the first gesture;

detecting a second gesture; and

in response to detecting the second gesture, ceasing to display the additional portion of the content of the document associated with the first snippet.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein modifying the first snippet to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content includes expanding the first snippet vertically on the display.

20. The device of claim 1, wherein modifying the first snippet to include the additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content includes expanding the first snippet horizontally on the display.

21. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, while continuing to detect the first gesture:

displaying an animation of the additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet changing in accordance with the movement of the first contact.

22. The device of claim 1, wherein the first displayed snippet content has a fixed size.

23. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, while detecting the first gesture, maintaining the first displayed snippet content at a fixed location on the display.

24. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

concurrently displaying a plurality of snippets including a first snippet and a second snippet, wherein;

the first snippet includes first displayed snippet content corresponding to a first portion of content from a document associated with the first snippet; and

the second snippet includes second displayed snippet content corresponding to a second portion of content from a document associated with the second snippet;

detecting a first gesture associated with the first snippet, wherein detecting the first gesture includes detecting a first contact and a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detecting movement of the first contact relative to the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact;

modifying the first snippet to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content; and

maintaining display of the second snippet without adding any additional content from the document associated with the second snippet to the second snippet.

25. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a plurality of snippets including a first snippet and a second snippet, wherein;

the first snippet includes first displayed snippet content corresponding to a first portion of content from a document associated with the first snippet; and

the second snippet includes second displayed snippet content corresponding to a second portion of content from a document associated with the second snippet;

wherein;

a first gesture associated with the first snippet is detected, wherein detecting the first gesture includes detecting a first contact and a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detecting movement of the first contact relative to the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact;

the first snippet is modified to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content; and

display of the second snippet is maintained without adding any additional content from the document associated with the second snippet to the second snippet.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

concurrently display a plurality of snippets including a first snippet and a second snippet, wherein;

the first snippet includes first displayed snippet content corresponding to a first portion of content from a document associated with the first snippet; and

the second snippet includes second displayed snippet content corresponding to a second portion of content from a document associated with the second snippet;

detect a first gesture associated with the first snippet, wherein detecting the first gesture includes detecting a first contact and a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detecting movement of the first contact relative to the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the movement of the first contact relative to the second contact;

modify the first snippet to include an additional portion of content from the document associated with the first snippet that was not included in the first displayed snippet content; and

maintain display of the second snippet without adding any additional content from the document associated with the second snippet to the second snippet.