Usage tips for on-screen touch-sensitive controls
First Claim
1. For an information processing device having a touch-sensitive display, an operating system embodied on a computer-readable medium to provide a graphical user interface environment having one or more controls that can be activated by touching the display over said controls, wherein the operating system is configured to present a usage tip relating to a particular on-screen control when a user touches the display over said control for a predefined duration;
- and wherein the operating system activates the on-screen control if the user stops touching the display without moving away from the on-screen control.
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Abstract
A portable handheld computing device has a processor and a touch-sensitive display. The display includes a touch-sensitive area superimposed on a viewing area. The handheld computing device has an operating system which executes on the processor to provide a graphical user interface environment capable of presenting a plurality of on-screen controls that can be activated by tapping on them with a stylus. The operating system is configured to present a usage tip relating to a particular on-screen control when a user touches the display over the control for a predefined duration.
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19 Claims
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1. For an information processing device having a touch-sensitive display, an operating system embodied on a computer-readable medium to provide a graphical user interface environment having one or more controls that can be activated by touching the display over said controls, wherein the operating system is configured to present a usage tip relating to a particular on-screen control when a user touches the display over said control for a predefined duration;
- and wherein the operating system activates the on-screen control if the user stops touching the display without moving away from the on-screen control.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information processing device comprising:
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a processor; a touch-sensitive display having a touch-sensitive area superimposed on a viewing area; a program executing on the processor to provide a graphical user interface environment including one or more controls that can be activated by touching the display over said controls; wherein the program is configured to present a usage tip relating to a particular on-screen control when a user touches the display over said control for a predefined duration; and wherein the program activates the on-screen control if the user stops touching the display without moving away from the on-screen control. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for operating an information processing device having a touch-sensitive display, comprising the following steps:
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presenting a graphical user interface environment including one or more controls that can be activated by touching the display over said controls; presenting a usage tip relating to a particular on-screen control when a user touches the display over said control for a predefined duration; and activating the on-screen control if the user stops touching the display without moving away from the on-screen control. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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