Content Scrolling and Transitioning Using Touchpad Input

• US 20130063362A1
• Filed: 09/09/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas, Cahill, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 9,348,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device controls a scrollable application user interface by using touch inputs to the mobile device'"'"'s side-mounted touchpad.

Claims

1. A method, comprising

in response to a touch event generated during presentation of an application user interface, wherein the application user interface is scrollable along at least one axis relative to a display:

determining a position of the application user interface corresponding to the touch event;

if the touch event is a upward scrolling event;

scrolling the application user interface upwards from the position, if the position is not the start of the application user interface;

if the touch event is a downward scrolling event;

scrolling the application user interface downwards from the position, if the position is not the end of the application user interface; and

if the touch event is a tap event with a tap location;

calculating a position of the application user interface corresponding the tap location; and

transitioning display of the application user interface to the calculated position.

2. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors;

a display;

a first side-mounted touchpad;

a program comprising computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to;

in response to a touch event generated by the first side-mounted touchpad during presentation of an application user interface, wherein the application user interface is scrollable along at least one axis relative to the display;

determine a position of the application user interface corresponding to the touch event;

if the touch event is a upward scrolling event;

scroll the application user interface upwards from the position, if the position is not the start of the application user interface;

if the touch event is a downward scrolling event;

scroll the application user interface downwards from the position, if the position is not the end of the application user interface; and

if the touch event is a tap event with a tap location;

calculate a position of the application user interface corresponding the tap location; and

transition display of the application user interface to the calculated position.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the display comprises a touch screen.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the first side-mounted touchpad comprises a concave surface.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the tap location is a relative location within the first side-mounted touchpad.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the tap location is one of a plurality of zones dividing the first side-mounted touchpad.

7. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media embodying software operable when executed by a computing device to:

in response to a touch event generated during presentation of an application user interface, wherein the application user interface is scrollable along at least one axis relative to a display;

determine a position of the application user interface corresponding to the touch event;

if the touch event is a upward scrolling event;

scroll the application user interface upwards from the position, if the position is not the start of the application user interface;

if the touch event is a downward scrolling event;

scroll the application user interface downwards from the position, if the position is not the end of the application user interface; and

if the touch event is a tap event with a tap location;

calculate a position of the application user interface corresponding the tap location; and

transition display of the application user interface to the calculated position.