System and method for managing lists

• US 8,091,045 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Christie, Greg, Forstall, Scott, Lemay, Stephen O., Ording, Bas, Van Os, Marcel, Chaudhri, Imran
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/770,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20080165136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 715/710, 715/764, 715/767, 715/769, 715/781, 715/788, 715/804, 715/863, 715/864, 715/810
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for displaying and managing lists on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes displaying a list of items, detecting a finger contact on a moving-affordance icon, detecting movement of the finger contact on the touch screen display, and in response to detecting the movement of the finger contact, moving the moving-affordance icon and the corresponding item in the list in accordance with the movement of the finger contact. In some embodiments, at least some of the items have corresponding moving-affordance icons.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display;

displaying a list of items on the touch screen display;

while displaying the list of items, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to initiate an edit mode;

in response to detecting the gesture to initiate the edit mode;

maintaining display of the list, and

displaying separate moving-affordance icons and deletion icons for each corresponding item in the list;

detecting a contact on a moving-affordance icon;

detecting movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon, moving the moving-affordance icon and the corresponding item in the list in accordance with the movement of the contact;

detecting a break of the contact on the touch screen display at a break location on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the break, placing the corresponding item in the list at a position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display;

detecting a gesture on a deletion icon for a respective item in the list;

in response to detecting the gesture on the deletion icon for the respective item in the list, initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list;

after placing the corresponding item in the list at the position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display and after initiating the deletion process to delete the respective item in the list, displaying a modified list of items;

while displaying the modified list of items, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to complete the edit mode;

in response to detecting the gesture to complete the edit mode, ceasing to display the moving-affordance icons and the deletion icons and maintaining display of the modified list of items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of items is a playlist of songs, a list of phone numbers, a list of pictures, a list of files, a list of photo albums, a list of photographs, a list of videos, or a list of software applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact on the moving-affordance icon is a tap gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving corresponding item comprises a user selected item, the method including, while the user selected item in the list is moving over a second item, simultaneously moving the second item in the list in a direction opposite movement of the user selected item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture to initiate the edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit initiation icon and wherein the gesture to complete the edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit completion icon.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising highlighting the corresponding item in the list in response to detecting the contact on the moving-affordance icon.

5. A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, a memory and, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a list of items on the touch screen display;

wherein;

in response to detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to initiate an edit mode while displaying the list of items, separate moving-affordance icons and deletion icons are displayed for each corresponding item in the list and display of the list is maintained;

in response to detecting movement of a contact while the contact is on a moving-affordance icon, the moving-affordance icon and the corresponding item are moved in the list in accordance with the movement of the contact;

in response to detecting a break of the contact on the touch screen display at a break location on the touch screen display, the corresponding item in the list is placed at a position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting a gesture on a deletion icon for a respective item in the list, a deletion process is initiated to delete the respective item in the list; and

after placing the corresponding item in the list at the position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display and after initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list, a modified list of items is displayed;

in response to detecting a gesture on the touch screen to complete the edit mode, the moving-affordance icons and the deletions icons cease to be displayed and display of the modified list of items is maintained.

6. A portable multifunction device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

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;

displaying a list of items on the touch screen display;

while displaying the list of items, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to initiate an edit mode;

in response to detecting the gesture to initiate the edit mode;

maintaining display of the list, and

displaying separate moving-affordance icons and deletion icons for each corresponding item in the list;

detecting a contact on a moving-affordance icon;

detecting movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon, moving the moving-affordance icon and the corresponding item in the list in accordance with the movement of the contact;

detecting a break of the contact on the touch screen display at a break location on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the break, placing the corresponding item in the list at a position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display;

detecting a gesture on a deletion icon for a respective item in the list;

in response to detecting the gesture on the deletion icon for the respective item in the list, initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list;

detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to complete the edit mode;

after placing the corresponding item in the list at the position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display and after initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list, displaying a modified list of items;

while displaying the modified list of items, in response to detecting the gesture to complete the edit mode, ceasing to display the moving-affordance icons and the deletion icons and maintaining display of the modified list of items.

10. The portable multifunction device of claim 6, wherein the list of items is a playlist of songs, a list of phone numbers, a list of pictures, a list of files, a list of photo albums, a list of photographs, a list of videos, or a list of software applications.

11. The portable multifunction device of claim 6, wherein the contact on the moving-affordance icon is a tap gesture.

12. The portable multifunction device of claim 6, wherein the moving corresponding item comprises a user selected item, the method including, while the user selected item in the list is moving over a second item, simultaneously moving the second item in the list in a direction opposite movement of the user selected item.

13. The portable multifunction device of claim 6, further including instructions for highlighting the corresponding item in the list in response to detecting the contact on the moving-affordance icon.

14. The portable multifunction device of claim 6, wherein the gesture to initiate the edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit initiation icon and wherein the gesture to complete the edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit completion icon.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the portable multifunction device to perform a method comprising:

displaying a list of items on the touch screen display;

while displaying the list of items detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to initiate an edit mode;

in response to detecting the gesture to initiate the edit mode;

maintaining display of the list, and

displaying separate moving-affordance icons and deletion icons for each corresponding item in the list;

detecting a contact on a moving-affordance icon;

detecting movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact while the contact is on the moving-affordance icon, moving the moving-affordance icon and the corresponding item in the list in accordance with the movement of the contact;

detecting a break of the contact on the touch screen display at a break location on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the break, placing the corresponding item in the list at a position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display;

detecting a gesture on a deletion icon for a respective item in the list;

in response to detecting the gesture on the deletion icon for the respective item in the list, initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list;

after placing the corresponding item in the list at the position corresponding to the break location on the touch screen display and after initiating a deletion process to delete the respective item in the list, displaying a modified list of items;

while displaying the modified list of items, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display to complete the edit mode;

in response to detecting the gesture to complete the edit mode, ceasing to display the moving-affordance icons and the deletion icons and maintaining display of the modified list of items.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the list of items is a playlist of songs, a list of phone numbers, a list of pictures, a list of files, a list of photo albums, a list of photographs, a list of videos, or a list of software applications.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the contact on the moving-affordance icon is a tap gesture.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the moving corresponding item comprises a user selected item, the method including, while the user selected item in the list is moving over a second item, simultaneously moving the second item in the list in a direction opposite movement of the user selected item.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the portable multifunction device, cause the portable multifunction device to highlight the corresponding item in the list in response to detecting the contact on the moving-affordance icon.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the gesture to initiate an edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit initiation icon and wherein the gesture to complete the edit mode comprises a gesture on an edit completion icon.