COMPUTING DEVICE AND BROWSER FOR SAME

• US 20150082147A1
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: HASHIMOTO, Hideyuki, KITAYAMA, Shigetoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,324,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

An example computing device includes a touch screen display; wireless communication circuitry; one or more processors; and memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display. The one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least: display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; receive either a first input or a second input to the touch screen, wherein the second input is different from the first input and an initial touch on the touch screen for the first input and for the second input is a link on the displayed web page; in response to the first input, perform a first operation; and in response to the second input, perform a second operation, different from the first operation.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display;

wireless communication circuitry;

one or more processors; and

memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry;

receive either a first input or a second input to the touch screen, wherein the second input is different from the first input and an initial touch on the touch screen for the first input and for the second input is a link on the displayed web page;

in response to the first input, perform a first operation; and

in response to the second input, perform a second operation, different from the first operation.

2. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the first operation comprises displaying a web page corresponding to the link.

3. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors control the computing device to selectively display a graphical control element concurrently with a displayed web page, the graphical control element including at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.

4. The computing device according to claim 3, wherein the graphical control element comprises a pop-up menu.

5. The computing device according to claim 3, wherein the first and second touch images comprise respective direction icons.

6. The computing device according to claim 3, wherein an input to the third touch image causes display of a list of bookmarked web pages and the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to access and display a bookmarked web page selected from the list in accordance with a selection input.

7. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors control the computing device to selectively display a graphical control element concurrently with a displayed web page, the graphical interface element including a touch image for accessing a process to input a uniform resource locator (URL).

8. The computing device according to claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are configured to display a keyboard on the touch screen display for inputting the URL.

9. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors control the computing device to selectively display a pop-up graphical control element concurrently with a displayed web page, the pop-up graphical interface element including a touch image for reloading a current web page.

10. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors control the computing device to selectively display a pop-up graphical control element concurrently with a displayed web page, the pop-up graphical interface element including a touch image for stopping downloading of a current web page.

11. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to zoom in/out on the displayed web page in response to respective zoom in/out gestures input to the touch screen display.

12. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to scroll the displayed web page up/down in response to respective scroll up/down gestures input to the touch screen display.

13. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

14. The computing device according to claim 1, implemented as a mobile telephone.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by processing circuitry of a computer device comprising a touch screen display and wireless communication circuitry, cause the computing device to at least:

display web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry;

receive either a first input or a second input to the touch screen, wherein the second input is different from the first input and an initial touch on the touch screen for the first input and for the second input is a link on the displayed web page;

in response to the first input, perform a first operation; and

in response to the second input, perform a second operation, different from the first operation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the first operation comprises displaying a web page corresponding to the link.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the one or more programs further cause the computing device to:

selectively display a graphical control element concurrently with a displayed web page, the graphical control element including at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the graphical control element comprises a pop-up menu.

19. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display;

wireless communication circuitry;

one or more processors; and

memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry;

in response to a first gesture supplied to the touch screen, display a next web page; and

in response to a second gesture, different from the first gesture, supplied to the touch screen, display a previous web page.

20. The computing device according to claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are configured to display a pop-up graphical interface element concurrently with the displayed web page.

21. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page and a second touch image for displaying a next web page.

22. The computing device according to claim 21, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element further includes a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.

23. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for accessing a process to input a uniform resource locator (URL).

24. The computing device according to claim 23, wherein the one or more processors are configured to display a keyboard on the touch screen display for inputting the URL.

25. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for reloading a current web page.

26. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for stopping downloading of a current web page.

27. The computing device according to claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

28. The computing device according to claim 19, implemented as a mobile telephone.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by processing circuitry of a computer device comprising a touch screen display and wireless communication circuitry, cause the computing device to at least:

display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry;

in response to a first gesture supplied to the touch screen, display a next web page; and

in response to a second gesture, different from the first gesture, supplied to the touch screen, display a previous web page.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the one or more programs further cause the computing device to display a pop-up graphical interface element concurrently with the displayed web page.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 30, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page and a second touch image for displaying a next web page.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 31, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element further includes a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.

33. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display;

wireless communication circuitry;

one or more processors; and

memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; and

display, on the touch screen display, a pop-up graphical interface element concurrently with a displayed web page, the pop-up graphical interface element including a touch image for accessing a process to input a uniform resource locator (URL).

34. The computing device according to claim 33, wherein the one or more processors are configured to display a keyboard on the touch screen display for inputting the URL.

35. The computing device according to claim 33, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for reloading a current web page.

36. The computing device according to claim 33, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for stopping downloading of a current web page.

37. The computing device according to claim 33, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

38. The computing device according to claim 33, implemented as a mobile telephone.

39. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by processing circuitry of a computer device comprising a touch screen display and wireless communication circuitry, cause the computing device to at least:

display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; and

display, on the touch screen display, a pop-up graphical interface element concurrently with a displayed web page, the pop-up graphical interface element including a touch image for accessing a process to input a uniform resource locator (URL).

40. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 39, wherein a keyboard is displayed on the touch screen display for inputting the URL.

41. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 39, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for reloading a current web page.

42. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 39, wherein the pop-up graphical interface element includes a touch image for stopping downloading of a current web page.