Device and Method for Processing User Input

• US 20150378462A1
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Chakirov, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 11,029,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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

Abstract

A method for generating display data comprises detecting user input via an input interface. A processor is in communication with the input interface to generate display data comprising a display object for display by a display device. The display object is representative of an action that will subsequently be performed by the processor on continuation of the user input. The display data on the display device is output whilst the user input is being detected. Alternatively, the display object is caused to appear on the display device over time as the user input is being performed, wherein the rate at which the display object appears is different to the rate of performance of the user input. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A method, comprising:

outputting media content through an output interface of a mobile device including a touchscreen;

detecting, by the touchscreen, a first swipe gesture along a first direction;

in response to the swipe gesture along the first direction, modifying output of the media content;

detecting, by the touchscreen, a second swipe gesture along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to the second swipe gesture along the second direction, reversing the modification of the output of the media content.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the first direction is a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction, and the second direction is a reverse of the vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the media content comprises a track or a video.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the media content is stored in memory of the mobile device or stored at a remote location.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein the modification comprises pausing the output of the media, adjusting a volume of the output of the media content, or outputting different media content.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein the modifying the output comprises pausing the output of the media, and reversing the modification comprises unpausing the output.

37. The method of claim 31, wherein the modifying the output comprises increasing a volume of the output of the media content, and reversing the modification comprises decreasing increasing the volume of the output of the media content.

38. An apparatus, comprising:

an output interface of a mobile device configured to output media content through;

a touchscreen configured to detect a first swipe gesture along a first direction;

in response to the swipe gesture along the first direction, one or more processors configured to modify output of the media content;

the touchscreen further configured to detect a second swipe gesture along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to the second swipe gesture along the second direction, the one or more processors further configured to reverse the modification of the output of the media content.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the first direction is a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction, and the second direction is a reverse of the vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction.

40. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the media content comprises a track or a video.

41. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the media content is stored in memory of the mobile device or stored at a remote location.

42. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the modification comprises pausing the output of the media, adjusting a volume of the output of the media content, or outputting different media content.

43. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the modifying the output comprises pausing the output of the media, and reversing the modification comprises unpausing the output.

44. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the modifying the output comprises increasing a volume of the output of the media content, and reversing the modification comprises decreasing increasing the volume of the output of the media content.

45. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

outputting media content through an output interface of a mobile device including a touchscreen;

detecting, by the touchscreen, a first swipe gesture along a first direction;

in response to the swipe gesture along the first direction, modifying output of the media content;

detecting, by the touchscreen, a second swipe gesture along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to the second swipe gesture along the second direction, reversing the modification of the output of the media content.

46. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the first direction is a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction, and the second direction is a reverse of the vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction.

47. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the media content comprises a track or a video.

48. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the media content is stored in memory of the mobile device or stored at a remote location.

49. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the modification comprises pausing the output of the media, adjusting a volume of the output of the media content, or outputting different media content.

50. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the modifying the output comprises pausing the output of the media, and reversing the modification comprises unpausing the output.

51. The computer readable medium of claim 45, wherein the modifying the output comprises increasing a volume of the output of the media content, and reversing the modification comprises decreasing increasing the volume of the output of the media content.