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Portable touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing workout support

  • US 8,341,557 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2008
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display;

    while the portable electronic device is in a user-interface locked mode of a workout monitoring application with the touch screen display turned off;

    monitoring a workout by a user with the workout monitoring application;

    detecting an interaction by the user with a first physical button on the portable electronic device;

    determining whether the detected interaction by the user with the first physical button corresponds to a first predefined action;

    in response to determining that the interaction by the user with the first physical button corresponds to the first predefined action;

    turning on the touch screen display;

    displaying a workout pause icon on the touch screen display; and

    displaying an unlock image on the touch screen display, wherein the unlock image is a graphical user interface object with which the user interacts in order to change the workout monitoring application to a user-interface unlocked mode; and

    while the portable electronic device is in the user-interface locked mode of the workout monitoring application with the touch screen display turned on;

    monitoring the workout by the user with the workout monitoring application;

    playing an audio file from a playlist with a plurality of audio files;

    detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display;

    in response to detecting the finger swipe gesture;

    terminating play of the audio file and initiating play of a next audio file from the playlist if the detected finger gesture is in a first horizontal direction, relative to the device, across the touch screen display;

    terminating play of the audio file and initiating play of the next audio file from the playlist if the detected finger gesture is in a first vertical direction, relative to the device, across the touch screen display;

    terminating play of the audio file and initiating play of a previous audio file from the playlist if the detected finger gesture is in a second horizontal direction, relative to the device, across the touch screen display, the second horizontal direction being opposite the first horizontal direction; and

    terminating play of the audio file and initiating play of the previous audio file from the playlist if the detected finger gesture is in a second vertical direction, relative to the device, across the touch screen display, the second vertical direction being opposite the first vertical direction.

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