Translating user interaction with a touch screen into input commands
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, with a touch screen system of a computing device, a first input entered over a selectable object displayed on a touch screen graphical display of the touch screen system;
determining, with the touch screen system, whether the first input entered over the selectable object matches a predetermined type of input associated with selection of the selectable object; and
in response to determining that the first input entered over the selectable object does not match a predetermined type of input associated with selection of the selectable object, switching, by the computing device, into a glyph input mode that does not involve interaction by the first input with the selectable object, and by which a user of the computing device is enabled by the computing device to provide input by tracing glyphs on the touch screen graphical display.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for translating user interaction with a touch screen into input commands. In one aspect, a touch screen system includes a touch screen graphical display, a command interpreter configured to identify modifier interactions with the graphical display and, in response to identification of the modifier interaction, modify the interpretation of other interaction with the graphical display, one or more persistent data storage devices. The data storage devices store a first set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display and a second set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display. The first set of rules interpret motion across a map or a proper subset of a collection of information as a scrolling or panning command. The second set of rules interpret the motion as a glyph. The command interpreter is configured to modify the interpretation of the other interaction by switching between interpretation under the first set of rules and interpretation under the second set of rules.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, with a touch screen system of a computing device, a first input entered over a selectable object displayed on a touch screen graphical display of the touch screen system; determining, with the touch screen system, whether the first input entered over the selectable object matches a predetermined type of input associated with selection of the selectable object; and in response to determining that the first input entered over the selectable object does not match a predetermined type of input associated with selection of the selectable object, switching, by the computing device, into a glyph input mode that does not involve interaction by the first input with the selectable object, and by which a user of the computing device is enabled by the computing device to provide input by tracing glyphs on the touch screen graphical display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A touch screen system comprising:
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a touch screen graphical display; a command interpreter configured to identify modifier interactions with the graphical display and, in response to identification of the modifier interaction, modify the interpretation of other interaction with the graphical display; and one or more persistent data storage devices, the data storage devices storing a first set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display and a second set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display, the first set of rules interpreting motion across a map or a proper subset of a collection of information as a scrolling or panning command, the second set of rules interpreting the motion as a glyph, wherein the command interpreter is configured to modify the interpretation of the other interaction by switching between interpretation under the first set of rules and interpretation under the second set of rules in response to determining that a first input over a selectable object on the touch screen graphical display does not match a type of input associated with selection of the selectable object. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A touch screen system comprising:
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a touch screen graphical display; means for translating user interaction with a selectable object on the touch screen graphical display into commands that determine which of two different input modes are used, based on a determination of whether the user interaction matches a type of input associated with selection of the selectable object; and one or more persistent data storage devices storing rules accessible by the means for translating, wherein the rules comprise a first set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display that is used when the touch screen system is in a first input mode and a second set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display that is used when the touch screen system is in a second input mode, wherein the second set of rules interprets inputs on the touch screen graphical display as glyph inputs, and wherein the second mode is used in response to determining that an input over the selectable object does not match a type of input associated with selection of the selectable object. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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