CONTROL OF SEARCH RESULTS WITH MULTIPOINT PINCH GESTURES

• US 20130036382A1
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Yuan, Han-Shen, Melcher, Ryan, Yankovich, Steve
• Granted Patent: US 9,256,361 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/815
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A device incorporates a touch-enabled screen configured to accept a user'"'"'s interaction with the touch screen to control display of the results of online searches for information and ecommerce listings. A user'"'"'s interaction with the touch screen of the device with multipoint pinch gestures facilitates navigation through large volumes of search results. Touch-enabled navigation with pinch gestures to elaborate or contract the results of a given search may present a more definitive view of those results or present a better indication of the requirement for a further search by the user. Listings of item data with elaborated or contracted details are produced through corresponding scaling processes which are in turn controlled through associated multipoint pinch gestures.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing a listing of items to be displayed on a display of a device, the listing of items including, for each respective item, item data including at least one of an image of the item and metadata describing the item;

receiving an indication of a pinch-out gesture having been detected by a touch-enabled screen of the device;

in response to the indication of the pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a scaled-in listing including fewer of the items and an increased amount of image data and metadata for each remaining listed item; and

in response to the production of the scaled-in listing, causing the scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of a pinch-out gesture includes a pinch-out velocity, a pinch-out magnitude, and a pinch-out orientation being a velocity, a distance, and an angle respectively, according to which the distance between the first touch point and the second touch point increases and further including at least one of:

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing at a rate corresponding to the pinch-out velocity; and

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing by an amount corresponding to the pinch-out magnitude,

the at least one of scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing at a rate and scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing by an amount, indicated by a particular pinch-out orientation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing for each remaining listed item further includes:

increasing the amount of image data by replacing previous image data with at least one of a photograph, a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, and a symbolic image data; and

increasing the amount of metadata by replacing previous metadata with at least one of a paragraph, a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, and a heading.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-out gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen at a location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data in the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-in listing including an increased amount of item data corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for each remaining listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-in listing, causing the further scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-out gesture with respective pinch-out orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of vertical; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein scaling the listing to produce the further scaled-in listing further includes:

further elaborating a particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata for each remaining listed item when the further pinch-out gesture corresponds to the particular aspect of the respective one of the image data and the metadata in the listing of items;

causing the further elaborated particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata to be displayed on the display of the device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-out gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen, the indication having a particular orientation and a particular location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-in listing including a further amount of scaled-in item data corresponding to a facet of the particular aspect of the item data; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-in listing, causing the further scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-out gesture with respective pinch-out orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of horizontal; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen of the device;

in response to the indication of the pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a scaled-out listing including more of the items, the scaled-out listing also including a decreased amount of image data and metadata for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the scaled-out listing, causing the scaled-out listing to be displayed on the display of the device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication of a pinch-in gesture includes a pinch-in velocity, a pinch-in magnitude, and a pinch-in orientation being a velocity, a distance, and an angle respectively, according to which the distance between the first touch point and the second touch point decreases and further including at least one of:

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing at a rate corresponding to the pinch-in velocity; and

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing by an amount corresponding to the pinch-in magnitude,

the at least one of scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing at a rate and scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing by an amount, indicated by a particular pinch-in orientation.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing for each listed item further includes:

decreasing the amount of image data by replacing previous image data with at least one of a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, symbolic image data, and a bullet point; and

decreasing the amount of metadata by replacing previous metadata with at least one of a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, a heading, and a subject.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen at a location on the display of the device directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data in the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-out listing including a decreased amount of item data corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-out listing, causing the further scaled-out listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-in gesture with respective pinch-in orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of vertical; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein scaling the listing to produce the further scaled-out listing further includes:

further decreasing a particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata for each remaining listed item when the further pinch-in gesture corresponds to the particular aspect of the respective one of the image data and the metadata in the listing of items; and

causing the further decreased particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata to be displayed on the display of the device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen, the indication having the particular orientation and the particular location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-out listing including a further amount of scaled-out item data corresponding to a facet of the particular aspect of the item data for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-out listing, displaying the further scaled-out listing on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further the further pinch-in gesture with respective pinch-in orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of horizontal; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

13. A computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

causing a listing of items to be displayed on a display of a device, the listing of items including, for each respective item, item data including at least one of an image of the item and metadata describing the item;

receiving an indication of a pinch-out gesture having been detected by a touch-enabled screen of the device;

in response to the indication of the pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a scaled-in listing including fewer of the items and an increased amount of image data and metadata for each remaining listed item; and

in response to the production of the scaled-in listing, causing the scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the indication of a pinch-out gesture includes a pinch-out velocity, a pinch-out magnitude, and a pinch-out orientation being a velocity, a distance, and an angle respectively, according to which the distance between the first touch point and the second touch point increases and further including at least one of:

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing at a rate corresponding to the pinch-out velocity; and

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing by an amount corresponding to the pinch-out magnitude,

the at least one of scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing at a rate and scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing by an amount, indicated by a particular pinch-out orientation.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein scaling the listing to produce the scaled-in listing for each remaining listed item further includes:

increasing the amount of image data by replacing previous image data with at least one of a photograph, a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, and a symbolic image data; and

increasing the amount of metadata by replacing previous metadata with at least one of a paragraph, a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, and a heading.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-out gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen at a location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data in the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-in listing including an increased amount of item data corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for each remaining listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-in listing, causing the further scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-out gesture with respective pinch-out orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of vertical; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein scaling the listing to produce the further scaled-in listing further includes:

further elaborating a particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata for each remaining listed item when the further pinch-out gesture corresponds to the particular aspect of the respective one of the image data and the metadata in the listing of items;

causing the further elaborated particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata to be displayed on the display of the device.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-out gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen, the indication having a particular orientation and a particular location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-out gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-in listing including a further amount of scaled-in item data corresponding to a facet of the particular aspect of the item data; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-in listing, causing the further scaled-in listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-out gesture with respective pinch-out orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of horizontal; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen of the device;

in response to the indication of the pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a scaled-out listing including more of the items, the scaled-out listing also including a decreased amount of image data and metadata for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the scaled-out listing, causing the scaled-out listing to be displayed on the display of the device.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the indication of a pinch-in gesture includes a pinch-in velocity, a pinch-in magnitude, and a pinch-in orientation being a velocity, a distance, and an angle respectively, according to which the distance between the first touch point and the second touch point decreases and further including at least one of:

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing at a rate corresponding to the pinch-in velocity; and

scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing by an amount corresponding to the pinch-in magnitude,

the at least one of scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing at a rate and scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing by an amount, indicated by a particular pinch-in orientation.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein scaling the listing to produce the scaled-out listing for each listed item further includes:

decreasing the amount of image data by replacing previous image data with at least one of a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, symbolic image data, and a bullet point; and

decreasing the amount of metadata by replacing previous metadata with at least one of a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, a heading, and a subject.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen at a location on the display of the device directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data in the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-out listing including a decreased amount of item data corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-out listing, causing the further scaled-out listing to be displayed on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further pinch-in gesture with respective pinch-in orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of vertical; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein scaling the listing to produce the further scaled-out listing further includes:

further decreasing a particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata for each remaining listed item when the further pinch-in gesture corresponds to the particular aspect of the respective one of the image data and the metadata in the listing of items; and

causing the further decreased particular aspect of one of the image data and the metadata to be displayed on the display of the device.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a further pinch-in gesture having been detected by the touch-enabled screen, the indication having the particular orientation and the particular location on the display directly above and corresponding to a particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items;

in response to the indication of the further pinch-in gesture, scaling the listing to produce a further scaled-out listing including a further amount of scaled-out item data corresponding to a facet of the particular aspect of the item data for each listed item; and

in response to the production of the further scaled-out listing, displaying the further scaled-out listing on the display of the device,

wherein the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items is further indicated by at least one of;

receiving the further the further pinch-in gesture with respective pinch-in orientation being within a range of fifteen to thirty degrees of horizontal; and

receiving an indication of a single touch directly above and corresponding to the particular aspect of the item data for the listing of items.

25. A system comprising:

at least one processor configured to generate listings of items corresponding to item data on a client device;

a storage module configured to store the listings of items corresponding to item data;

a display configured to display the listings of items on the client device;

a touch-sensitive module configured to detect a first touch point and a second touch point corresponding to a pinching gesture; and

a scaling module configured to produce a scaled-in listing or a scaled-out listing corresponding to a determined pinch-out gesture and pinch-in gesture respectively, and further configured to supply the scaled-in listing or the scaled-out listing to the display.