Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs with Instructions in a Web Page

• US 20160357389A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Jackson, Dean R., Weinig, Samuel M., Dakin, Beth M., Lee, Jonathan J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,830,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device, while displaying a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of a web page on a display, detects a touch input on a touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display. While detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, the electronic device detects an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, determines whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a first intensity threshold to above the first intensity threshold, and in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the first intensity threshold to above the first intensity threshold, generates a force down event that is distinct from a mouse down event.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the touch-sensitive surface includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

while displaying a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of a web page on the display, detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied, generating a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event and,

after generating the will begin event;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

generating a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event and

updating the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, receiving an input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event; and

,

in response to receiving the input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event, generating the mouse down event.

3. The method of claim 2, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a mouse-down intensity threshold that is distinct from the force-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the mouse-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold, generating a mouse down event.

4. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold, processing instructions in the web page that correspond to the force down event.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

subsequent to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold, determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above a force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above the force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold, generating a force up event that is distinct from the force down event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the instructions in the web page that correspond to the force down event are processed using a first application; and

the method includes generating a tactile output that corresponds to the force down event using a tactile output module that is distinct and separate from the first application, wherein the tactile output that corresponds to the force down event is generated concurrently with processing the instructions in the web page that correspond to the force down event.

7. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed, generating a force changed event.

8. The method of claim 7, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed and determining that the touch input has not moved across the touch-sensitive surface, generating the force changed event without generating a mouse moved event.

9. The method of claim 7, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting an input that includes movement of the touch input and a change in intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, generating one or more mouse moved events that correspond to the touch input and generating one or more force changed events that correspond to the touch input, wherein the one or more force changed events are separate from the one or more mouse moved events.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device stores instructions for processing a particular type of force event and

the method includes, in accordance with generating the will begin event, forgoing execution of the instructions for processing the particular type of force event.

11. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force event preview criteria are satisfied;

in accordance with a determination that the web page does not include instructions that correspond to the will begin event, processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in a first application that correspond to the will begin event; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the web page includes instructions that correspond to the will begin event, forgoing processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the first application that correspond to the will begin event.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a first user interface object;

the instructions in the web page that correspond to the mouse down event correspond to the first user interface object; and

the instructions in the web page that correspond to the force down event correspond to the first user interface object.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device stores an application that includes instructions for processing a particular type of force event; and

the method includes, in response to determining that the force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied, forgoing execution of the instructions, in the application, for processing the particular type of force event.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the web page includes instructions for processing the particular type of force event; and

the method includes processing the particular type of force event with the instructions, in the web page, for processing the particular type of force event.

17. The method of claim 1, including:

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, wherein the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold; and

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, generating the will begin event.

18. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the mouse-down intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein:

updating the user interface include updating the user interface in conjunction with the generation of the force down event.

20. The method of claim 1, including transmitting the will begin event to the web page, wherein the will begin event enables the web page to perform one or more actions before the intensity of the touch input increases above the force-down intensity threshold.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

while displaying a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of a web page on the display, detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied, generating a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event and,

after generating the will begin event, determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

generating a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event and

updating the user interface.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

while displaying a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of a web page on the display, detect a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detect an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied, generate a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event and,

after generating the will begin event;

determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

generate a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event and

update the user interface.