METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE OPERATION ON ADDRESS BAR AND TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL

• US 20150261388A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Wanxin
• Granted Patent: US 9,377,926 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

There is provided a method and apparatus for gesture operation on address bar, a touch screen terminal and a computer readable storage medium, the method including: detecting an operation gesture acting on a current interface which is a user interface having an address bar; determining whether the operation gesture is matched with a preset address bar operation gesture or not when the operation gesture is detected; and generating a box at the current interface, displaying address bar operation option(s) associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and performing an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user, if the operation gesture is matched with the preset address bar operation gesture. Quick and convenient operation on an address bar is realized.

Claims

1. A method for gesture operation on an address bar, comprising:

detecting an operation gesture acting on a current interface which is a user interface having an address bar;

determining whether the operation gesture is matched with a preset address bar operation gesture or not when the operation gesture is detected; and

generating a box at the current interface, displaying address bar operation option or options associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and performing an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user, if the operation gesture is matched with the preset address bar operation gesture.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the preset address bar operation gesture is corresponding to one or more address bar operations, the generating one box at the current interface, displaying address bar operation option or options associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and performing an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user comprises:

generating the box at the current interface, displaying the address bar operation option or options corresponding to the one or more address bar operations respectively on the box, and performing the address bar operation associated with the address bar operation option selected by the user.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the preset address bar operation gesture is corresponding to one address bar operation, the one address bar operation corresponding to the preset address bar operation gesture is performed directly.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting an address bar operation gesture corresponding to the address bar operation as the preset address bar operation gesture.

5. An apparatus for gesture operation on an address bar, comprising:

a gesture detection unit configured to detect an operation gesture acting on a current interface which is a user interface having an address bar;

a gesture determination unit configured to determine whether the operation gesture is matched with a preset address bar operation gesture or not when the operation gesture is detected; and

an operation performing unit configured to generate a box at the current interface, to display address bar operation option or options associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and to perform an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user, if the operation gesture is matched with the preset address bar operation gesture.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein if the preset address bar operation gesture is corresponding to one or more address bar operations, the operation performing unit is configured to generate the box at the current interface, to display the address bar operation option or options corresponding to the one or more address bar operations respectively on the box, and to perform the address bar operation associated with the address bar operation option selected by the user.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein if the preset address bar operation gesture is corresponding to one address bar operation, the operation performing unit is configured to perform the one address bar operation corresponding to the preset address bar operation gesture directly.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a gesture setting unit configured to set an address bar operation gesture corresponding to the address bar operation as the preset address bar operation gesture.

9. A touch screen terminal, comprising an apparatus for gesture operation on an address bar, the apparatus comprising:

a gesture detection unit configured to detect an operation gesture acting on a current interface which is a user interface having an address bar;

a gesture determination unit configured to determine whether the operation gesture is matched with a preset address bar operation gesture or not when the operation gesture is detected; and

an operation performing unit configured to generate a box at the current interface, to display address bar operation option or options associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and to perform an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user, if the operation gesture is matched with the preset address bar operation gesture.

10. (canceled)