Motion-based page skipping for a mobile device

• US 8,605,034 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2011
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Inventors: Roy, Lionel
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): EURICE, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/076,286
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-157, 345/173, 345/179, 345/901, 463/16, 463/20, 463/25, 463/42, 715/702, 715/776, 715/810, 715/835, 715/863, 455/566, 709/217, 707/E17.014, 705/3, 273/138.1, 273/139
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for skipping a plurality of pages displayed on a mobile device. The system includes a computer processor, an accelerometer module, a calculating module, and a page-skipping engine, which are all operatively connected. The accelerometer module executes on the computer processor and is configured to detect, using an accelerometer, a movement of the mobile device, wherein the movement comprises a magnitude; determine that the mobile device is oriented for skipping the plurality of pages; and determine that the movement triggers skipping the plurality of pages. The calculating module executes on the computer processor and is configured to calculate, based on the magnitude of the movement and a plurality of settings, the plurality of pages to skip. The page-skipping engine executes on the computer processor and is configured to display a target page on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A system for skipping a plurality of pages displayed on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

an accelerometer module executing on the computer processor and configured to;

determine, using a gyroscope, that the mobile device is oriented within +/−

30°

of horizontal;

detect, using an accelerometer, a movement of the mobile device, wherein the movement comprises a magnitude;

determine, using the accelerometer, that the mobile device is oriented for skipping the plurality of pages; and

determine, using the accelerometer, that the movement triggers skipping the plurality of pages;

a calculating module operatively connected to the accelerometer module and executing on the computer processor, the calculating module configured to;

calculate, based on the magnitude of the movement, a total number of pages of content in a user application, and a plurality of settings, the plurality of pages to skip, wherein the plurality of settings require that the magnitude of the movement be directly and linearly proportional to the total number of pages in the user application; and

a page-skipping engine operatively connected to the accelerometer module and executing on the computer processor, the page-skipping engine configured to;

display, based on the plurality of pages calculated by the calculating module, a target page on the mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage repository operatively connected to the page-skipping engine and configured to store the plurality of settings.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the calculating module is further configured to:

determine, based on a direction of the movement, that the plurality of pages to skip is forward relative to a current page displayed on the mobile device,

wherein the movement further comprises the direction.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of settings is created by a user of the mobile device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the page-skipping engine is further configured to:

receive a plurality of information about a user application displayed on the mobile device,

wherein the plurality of information comprises a number of pages of content in the user application and a current page displayed on the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the page-skipping engine is further configured to:

determine that a user application displayed on the mobile device is configured to skip the plurality of pages; and

enable, based on determining that the user application is configured to skip the plurality of pages, page skipping for the user application.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the magnitude of the movement measures an acceleration of the mobile device, wherein calculating the plurality of pages to skip is based on the acceleration of the mobile device.

8. A method for skipping a plurality of pages displayed on a mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting, using a computer processor, a movement of the mobile device displaying a current page, wherein the movement comprises a magnitude;

determining, using the computer processor, that the mobile device is oriented within +/−

30°

of horizontal for skipping the plurality of pages;

determining, using the computer processor and based on determining that the mobile device is oriented for skipping the plurality of pages, that the movement triggers page skipping on the mobile device;

calculating, using the computer processor and based on determining that the movement triggers page skipping, the plurality of pages to skip based on the magnitude of the movement, a total number of pages of content in a user application, and a plurality of settings, wherein the plurality of settings require that the magnitude of the movement be directly and linearly proportional to the total number of pages in the user application; and

displaying, using the computer processor and based on the plurality of pages to skip from the current page, a target page on the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of settings is received from a user.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, prior to detecting the movement of the mobile device, that a user application is configured to skip the plurality of pages.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the movement comprises tilting the mobile device using a sudden motion.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the sudden motion is measured as an acceleration of the mobile device, and wherein calculating the plurality of pages to skip is based on the acceleration.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a direction of the movement is forward, wherein the plurality of pages to skip is forward relative to the current page displayed on the mobile device, and wherein the movement further comprises the direction.

14. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for performing a method for skipping a plurality of pages displayed on a mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting a movement of the mobile device displaying a current page, wherein the movement comprises a magnitude;

determining that the mobile device is oriented within +/−

30°

of horizontal for skipping the plurality of pages;

determining, based on determining that the mobile device is oriented for skipping the plurality of pages, that the movement triggers page skipping on the mobile device;

calculating, based on determining that the movement triggers page skipping, the plurality of pages to skip based on the magnitude of the movement, a total number of pages of content in a user application, and a plurality of settings, wherein the plurality of settings require that the magnitude of the movement be directly and linearly proportional to the total number of pages in the user application; and

displaying, based on the plurality of pages to skip from the current page, a target page on the mobile device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

determining, prior to detecting the movement of the mobile device, that a user application is configured to skip the plurality of pages.