ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20130033436A1
• Filed: 02/03/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Brinda, David, Bamford, Drew, Cielak, Matthew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/365,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20130033436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means

Abstract

An electronic device, a controlling method thereof and a computer program product are provided. The method includes displaying part or all of a ring and at least one function image outside the ring on a touch screen of the electronic device while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state, detecting a user input applied to one of the function images on or near the touch screen, and dragging the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function. The method further includes performing the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring, and maintaining the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an electronic device with a touch screen, comprising:

displaying part or all of a ring and a function image outside the ring on the touch screen while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state;

detecting a user input applied to the function image on or near the touch screen;

dragging the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function;

performing the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring; and

maintaining the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined function comprises opening an application.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the application is a phone application, an email application, a camera application, or a message application.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying the function image is invoked by an occurrence of an event.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the event is an incoming call, an alarm or a calendar reminder.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the predetermined function comprises executing an operation of the event.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operation of the event is answering/declining the incoming call, snoozing/dismissing the alarm or the calendar reminder.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the function image is preloaded in or acquired by the electronic device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

moving the ring toward the function image in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

moving the function image toward the ring in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a hint image of the function image inside the ring on the touch screen in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen;

memory;

one or more processors; 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;

to display part or all of a ring and a function image outside the ring on the touch screen while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state;

to detect a user input applied to the function image on or near the touch screen;

to drag the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function;

to perform the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring; and

to maintain the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the predetermined function comprises opening an application.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the application is a phone application, an email application, a camera application, or a message application.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein displaying the function image is invoked by an occurrence of an event.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the event is an incoming call, an alarm or a calendar reminder.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predetermined function comprises executing an operation of the event.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the operation of the event is answering/declining the incoming call, snoozing/dismissing the alarm or the calendar reminder.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the function image is preloaded in or acquired by the electronic device.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the one or more programs further including instructions to move the ring toward the function image in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

21. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the one or more programs further including instructions to move the function image toward the ring in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

22. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the one or more programs further including instructions to display a hint image of the function image inside the ring on the touch screen in response to detecting the user input applied to the function image near or on the touch screen.

23. A computer program product for use in conjunction with an electronic device comprising a touch screen, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and an executable computer program mechanism embedded therein, the executable computer program mechanism comprising instructions for:

displaying part or all of a ring and a function image outside the ring on the touch screen while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state;

detecting a user input applied to the function image on or near the touch screen;

dragging the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function;

performing the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring; and

maintaining the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring.