Manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device

• US 8,631,317 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kangas, Paul D., Ranck, Daniel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Jr., Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Tionna
• Application Number:
  US13/170,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• Field of Search: 715/227
• US Class Current: 715/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device are provided. Embodiments include recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device; selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen; recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen; combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page.

Claims

1. A method of manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device, the method comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device;

selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen, wherein recognizing the finger motion combination gesture includes detecting simultaneous lifting of a plurality of fingers from the touchscreen;

combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and

displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion lock gesture on the touchscreen;

locking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion lock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion movement gesture on the touchscreen; and

in response to recognition of the finger motion movement gesture when the position of the selected document pages are locked, moving, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion rearrangement gesture on the touchscreen; and

rearranging, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion rearrangement gesture, positions of the selected document pages relative to each other within the single concatenated document page.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion overlap gesture on the touchscreen; and

overlapping, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion overlap gesture, display of at least one of the selected document pages on at least one of the other selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising in response to recognition of the finger motion lock gesture, displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, a visual indication that the selected document pages are locked.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion unlock gesture on the touchscreen; and

unlocking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion unlock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising in response to recognition of the finger motion unlock gesture, displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, a visual indication that the selected document pages are unlocked.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein combining the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page includes:

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any text from the selected document pages; and

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any images from the selected document pages.

8. An apparatus for manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device;

selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen, wherein recognizing the finger motion combination gesture includes detecting simultaneous lifting of a plurality of fingers from the touchscreen;

combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and

displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion lock gesture on the touchscreen;

locking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion lock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion movement gesture on the touchscreen; and

in response to recognition of the finger motion movement gesture when the position of the selected document pages are locked, moving, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion rearrangement gesture on the touchscreen; and

rearranging, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion rearrangement gesture, positions of the selected document pages relative to each other within the single concatenated document page.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion overlap gesture on the touchscreen; and

overlapping, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion overlap gesture, display of at least one of the selected document pages on at least one of the other selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion unlock gesture on the touchscreen; and

unlocking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion unlock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein combining the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page includes:

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any text from the selected document pages; and

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any images from the selected document pages.

13. A computer program product for manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device;

selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen, wherein recognizing the finger motion combination gesture includes detecting simultaneous lifting of a plurality of fingers from the touchscreen;

combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and

displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion lock gesture on the touchscreen;

locking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion lock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page;

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion movement gesture on the touchscreen; and

in response to recognition of the finger motion movement gesture when the position of the selected document pages are locked, moving, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion rearrangement gesture on the touchscreen; and

rearranging, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion rearrangement gesture, positions of the selected document pages relative to each other within the single concatenated document page.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion overlap gesture on the touchscreen; and

overlapping, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion overlap gesture, display of at least one of the selected document pages on at least one of the other selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion unlock gesture on the touchscreen; and

unlocking, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion unlock gesture, position of the selected document pages within the single concatenated document page.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein combining the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page includes:

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any text from the selected document pages; and

concatenating, by the touchscreen computing device, any images from the selected document pages.