COMPACT CONTROL MENU FOR TOUCH-ENABLED COMMAND EXECUTION
First Claim
1. A method for providing a control menu over a touch interface comprising:
- detecting a user touch selection of a portion of a document;
displaying a control menu in a collapsed state with available commands associated with the selection;
detecting a touch control motion associated with the control menu;
executing a command associated with the detected touch control motion; and
removing the control menu from display.
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Abstract
A compact control menu is provided over an interactive touch interface where a user may interact with a touch-enabled device to execute commands. The compact control menu may be provided after a user makes a touch selection in a document to aid in the user'"'"'s ability to execute common control commands quickly and in the context of the selection. The compact control menu may initially appear in a collapsed state displaying a limited number of commands, and may allow the user to swipe in a direction for executing a command. The compact control menu may be expanded to display more command options upon a trigger to expand initiated by a particular user touch motion on the touch interface. The user may execute a command from the expanded command menu, and after command execution the compact control menu may disappear until a further user selection within a document.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a control menu over a touch interface comprising:
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detecting a user touch selection of a portion of a document; displaying a control menu in a collapsed state with available commands associated with the selection; detecting a touch control motion associated with the control menu; executing a command associated with the detected touch control motion; and removing the control menu from display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device with a touch-enabled input, the computing device comprising:
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a touch interface component; and a control component configured to; detect a touch selection of a portion of a document; display a control menu including available commands associated with the selection; detect a touch control motion associated with the control menu; determine if the touch control motion is one of a swipe motion or a tapping motion; execute a command associated with the detected touch control motion; and remove the control menu from display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon for providing a control menu over a touch interface, the instructions comprising:
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detecting a user touch selection of a portion of a document; displaying a control menu in a collapsed state with available commands associated with the selection; detecting a touch control motion associated with the control menu; determining if the detected touch control motion is one of a swipe motion or a tapping motion; upon detection of a tapping motion, expanding the control menu to an expanded state; displaying one or more available operation commands at one or more defined regions around a center region of the control menu; executing a command associated with the detected touch control motion; and removing the control menu from display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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