Method and apparatus for setting attributes and initiating actions through gestures
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1. A method for setting attributes and initiating actions for an item in a list of items displayed in a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- presenting a list of items to the user via the graphical user interface;
presenting, for each of said items, a gestural icon associated with and in close proximity to said item;
providing an action icon menu having one or more action icons to the user in response to the user selecting said gestural icon associated with an item; and
marking said associated item for a desired action from said action icon menu, wherein the user is allowed to cause said associated item to be marked without navigating to a different area of the display and said gestural icon is replaced with an icon indicating a selected action in response to the user performing a predefined gesture representing the selected action.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for setting attributes and initiating actions associated with list items. An action icon menu is displayed with options for a user to select related to each item in the list. The user may set an item from the list for a selected action by choosing from the action icon menu or by performing a gesture associated with the desired action.
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1. A method for setting attributes and initiating actions for an item in a list of items displayed in a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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presenting a list of items to the user via the graphical user interface; presenting, for each of said items, a gestural icon associated with and in close proximity to said item; providing an action icon menu having one or more action icons to the user in response to the user selecting said gestural icon associated with an item; and marking said associated item for a desired action from said action icon menu, wherein the user is allowed to cause said associated item to be marked without navigating to a different area of the display and said gestural icon is replaced with an icon indicating a selected action in response to the user performing a predefined gesture representing the selected action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory storage device storing a graphical user interface for setting attributes and initiating actions for an item, the graphical user interface comprising:
- means for presenting a list of items to the user via the graphical user interface;
means for presenting, for each of said items, a gestural icon associated with said item to the user wherein said gestural icon is in close proximity to said item;
means for providing an action icon menu having one or more action icons to the user wherein said action icon menu is presented in place of said gestural icon in response to the user selecting said gestural icon associated with one or more of said items; and
means for marking said associated one or more items for a desired action from said action icon menu wherein the user is allowed to cause said associated one or more items to be marked without navigating to a different area of the display and said gestural icon is replaced with indicia indicating a selected action in response to the user performing a gesture representing the selected action. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- means for presenting a list of items to the user via the graphical user interface;
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11. A graphical user interface visibly displayed on a terminal device for setting attributes and initiating actions for an item, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a list of items; a gestural icon associated with each of said items; and an action icon menu provided in response to the user selecting said gestural icon associated with one or more of said items, said action icon menu comprising one or more action icons; wherein the graphical user interface is configured to; mark said associated one or more items for a selected action in response to a user selecting an action associated with the action icon menu; and replace said gestural icon with an icon indicating the selected action in response to the user performing a predefined gesture representing the selected action. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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