INFORMATION TRIAGE USING SCREEN-CONTACTING GESTURES
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented process for enabling a user to quickly triage information on a touch-enabled computing device, comprising:
- using the computing device to perform the following process actions;
displaying one or more information objects on a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device;
whenever the user makes a first screen-contacting gesture on the screen using a first user input modality,identifying the first screen-contacting gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using the first user input modality,identifying a first information management operation that is specifically associated with the first screen-contacting gesture being made with the first user input modality, andimplementing the first information management operation on the information objects; and
whenever the user subsequently makes a second screen-contacting gesture on the screen using a second user input modality which is different than the first user input modality,identifying the second screen-contacting gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using the second user input modality,identifying a second information management operation that is specifically associated with the second screen-contacting gesture being made with the second user input modality, andimplementing the second information management operation on the information objects.
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Abstract
A user is able to triage information on a touch-enabled computing device. Information objects are displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of the device. Whenever the user makes a first gesture on the screen using a first user input modality, the first gesture and that it was made using this first modality are identified, a first information management operation specifically associated with the first gesture being made with this first modality is also identified, and this first operation is implemented on the objects. Whenever the user subsequently makes a second gesture on the screen using a second user input modality which is different than the first modality, the second gesture and that it was made using this second modality are identified, a second information management operation specifically associated with the second gesture being made with this second modality is also identified, and this second operation is implemented on the objects.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented process for enabling a user to quickly triage information on a touch-enabled computing device, comprising:
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using the computing device to perform the following process actions; displaying one or more information objects on a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device; whenever the user makes a first screen-contacting gesture on the screen using a first user input modality, identifying the first screen-contacting gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using the first user input modality, identifying a first information management operation that is specifically associated with the first screen-contacting gesture being made with the first user input modality, and implementing the first information management operation on the information objects; and whenever the user subsequently makes a second screen-contacting gesture on the screen using a second user input modality which is different than the first user input modality, identifying the second screen-contacting gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using the second user input modality, identifying a second information management operation that is specifically associated with the second screen-contacting gesture being made with the second user input modality, and implementing the second information management operation on the information objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented process for enabling a user to quickly triage information on a touch-enabled computing device, comprising:
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using the computing device to perform the following process actions; displaying a list of information objects on a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device; whenever the user makes a multi-object framing gesture on the screen using two fingers, wherein one of the fingers contacts the screen on top of a first information object in the list and the other of the fingers contacts the screen on top of a second information object in the list, identifying said framing gesture and identifying that said framing gesture was made using two fingers, and selecting the first and second information objects and any other information objects there-between in the list; and whenever, concurrent with said framing gesture being made on the screen, the user also makes an object manipulation gesture on the screen using a stylus which is held by the user, wherein the object manipulation gesture comprises one or more strokes each of which passes over one or more of the selected information objects, identifying the object manipulation gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using the stylus, identifying an information management operation that is specifically associated with the object manipulation gesture being made with the stylus, and implementing the information management operation on the selected information objects. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented process for enabling a user to quickly triage information on a touch-enabled computing device, comprising:
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using the computing device to perform the following process actions; displaying a plurality of information objects within a first sector on a touch-sensitive display screen of the computing device; displaying one or more graphical elements within a second sector on the screen, each of the graphical elements corresponding to a different folder; whenever the user makes a combination of one or more single-object selection gestures and one or more multi-object selection gestures on the screen using a stylus which is held by the user, wherein each of the single-object selection gestures taps on a different one of the information objects, and each of the multi-object selection gestures comprises a stroke which passes over a different two or more of the information objects, identifying said combination of gestures and identifying that said single-object selection gestures and said multi-object selection gestures were made using the stylus, and selecting and visually highlighting said tapped on and passed over information objects; and whenever the user subsequently makes an object movement gesture on the screen using one or more of their fingers, wherein the object movement gesture comprises a stroke which starts on top of any one of the selected information objects and ends on top of a desired one of the graphical elements within the second sector, identifying the object movement gesture and identifying that said gesture was made using said fingers, displaying a callout element adjacent to the desired one of the graphical elements, wherein the callout element comprises a name of the folder that corresponds to the desired one of the graphical elements, and moving the selected information objects into the folder that corresponds to the desired one of the graphical elements.
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