SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ITEMS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20130097566A1
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: BERGLUND, Carl Fredrik Alexander
• Application Number:
  US13/275,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method, computer readable storage medium, and electronic device are provided which display items on such an electronic device by displaying a first set of items, receiving a first gesture on a touch-sensitive panel of the electronic device, and displaying a second set of items, the second set of items being a subset of the first set of items.

Claims

1. A method of displaying items on an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a first set of items;

receiving a first gesture on a touch-sensitive panel of the electronic device; and

displaying a second set of items, the second set of items being a subset of the first set of items.

2. The method of claim 1, the first set of items comprising at least one item having an associated visual indicator, and at least one item not having the visual indicator.

3. The method of claim 2, the second set of items comprising the at least one item having the visual indicator.

4. The method of claim 3, the visual indicator representing a property of the corresponding item, the property corresponding to an item status.

5. The method of claim 1, the items comprising a plurality of properties, each of the plurality of properties being represented by a corresponding visual indicator.

6. The method of claim 5, the first gesture for selecting one of the plurality of properties, the second set of items comprising the selected property.

7. The method of claim 6, the selecting comprising a sustained touch on the visual indicator corresponding to the selected property.

8. The method of claim 1, the items corresponding to messages.

9. The method of claim 8, the messages corresponding to a plurality of message types.

10. The method of claim 9, the plurality of message types including any two or more of email messages, instant messages, social networking messages, text messages, multimedia messages, and calendar messages.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second gesture; and

displaying the first set of items.

12. The method of claim 1, the first gesture comprising complementary directions, wherein receiving the first gesture in a first direction generates a second set of items having a visual indicator, and receiving the first gesture in a second direction generates a second set of items not having the visual indicator.

13. An electronic device comprising a display, a processor, and a memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions for:

displaying a first set of items;

receiving a first gesture on a touch-sensitive panel of the electronic device; and

displaying a second set of items, the second set of items being a subset of the first set of items.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, the first set of items comprising at least one item having an associated visual indicator, and at least one item not having the visual indicator.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, the second set of items comprising the at least one item having the visual indicator.

16. The electronic device of claim 13, the visual indicator representing a property of the corresponding item, the property corresponding to an item status.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, the items comprising a plurality of properties, each of the plurality of properties being represented by a corresponding visual indicator.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, the first gesture for selecting one of the plurality of properties, the second set of items comprising the selected property.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, the selecting comprising a sustained touch on the visual indicator corresponding to the selected property.

20. The electronic device of claim 13, the items corresponding to messages.

21. The electronic device of claim 20, the messages corresponding to a plurality of message types.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, the plurality of message types including any two or more of email messages, instant messages, social networking messages, text messages, multimedia messages, and calendar messages.

23. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a second gesture; and

displaying the first set of items.

24. The electronic device of claim 13, the first gesture comprising complementary directions, wherein receiving the first gesture in a first direction generates a second set of items having a visual indicator, and receiving the first gesture in a second direction generates a second set of items not having the visual indicator.

25. A computer readable storage medium for displaying items on an electronic device, the computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for:

displaying a first set of items;

receiving a first gesture on a touch-sensitive panel of the electronic device; and

displaying a second set of items, the second set of items being a subset of the first set of items.

26. A method on a personal electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying in a message store, a plurality of messages;

receiving a gesture input on a touch-sensitive panel of the personal electronic device; and

displaying within the message store a subset of the plurality of messages.

27. The method of claim 26, the plurality of messages comprising at least one read message and at least one unread message, the subset of the plurality of messages comprising the unread messages.

28. A personal electronic device comprising a display, a processor, and a memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions for:

displaying in a message store, a plurality of messages;

receiving a gesture input on a touch-sensitive panel of the personal electronic device; and

displaying within the message store a subset of the plurality of messages.

29. The personal electronic device of claim 28, the plurality of messages comprising at least one read message and at least one unread message, the subset of the plurality of messages comprising the unread messages.

30. A computer readable storage medium for displaying items on an electronic device, the computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for:

displaying in a message store, a plurality of messages;

receiving a gesture input on a touch-sensitive panel of the personal electronic device; and

displaying within the message store a subset of the plurality of messages.