DESKTOP EXTENSION

• US 20130194314A1
• Filed: 01/26/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Arrasvuori, Juha
• Application Number:
  US13/358,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/684
• 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 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided, including detecting user applied twisting of an apparatus having a touch display that provides a desktop; and revealing a desktop extension on twist-direction side of the desktop in response to the detected twisting.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting user applied twisting of an apparatus having a touch display that provides a desktop; and

revealing a desktop extension on twist-direction side of the desktop in response to the detected twisting.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

scrolling an extended desktop formed by the desktop and the desktop extension based on user applied hover swipe.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a touch on an object is configured to activate the object on the extended desktop.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

activating an object of the extended desktop in response to user touching the object.

5. An apparatus, comprising:

a twist detection module configured to detect user applied twisting of the apparatus;

a touch display configured to provide a desktop; and

a control module configured to reveal a desktop extension on twist-direction side of the desktop in response to the detected twisting.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is configured to scroll an extended desktop formed by the desktop and the desktop extension based on user applied hover swipe.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a touch on an object is configured to activate the object on the extended desktop.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is deformable or rigid.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is a handheld mobile communication device.

10. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for detecting user applied twisting of an apparatus having a touch display that provides a desktop; and

code for revealing a desktop extension on twist-direction side of the desktop in response to the detected twisting.