Method and apparatus for replicating physical key function with soft keys in an electronic device
First Claim
1. A method for providing user actuation targets on a display of an electronic device having one or more physical keys, comprising:
- determining, with a contact sensor and one or more processors, a duration of user contact with the display; and
where the duration of user contact exceeds a predetermined threshold, presenting, with the one or more processors, at least one user actuation target on the display, the at least one user actuation target having a function corresponding to at least one of the one or more physical keys.
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Abstract
An electronic device (100) is provided with a touch-sensitive display (109). The electronic device (100) includes one or more physical keys (105,106,107,108), each of which has a corresponding function. When a user (110) touches the touch-sensitive display (109) for a predetermined amount of time, one or more processors (203) present one or more soft keys as user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) on the touch-sensitive display (109). The user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) can replicate the functions of the physical keys (105,106,107,108), thereby affording the user (110) the ability to execute those functions with soft keys, rather than by having to access the physical keys (105,106,107,108).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing user actuation targets on a display of an electronic device having one or more physical keys, comprising:
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determining, with a contact sensor and one or more processors, a duration of user contact with the display; and where the duration of user contact exceeds a predetermined threshold, presenting, with the one or more processors, at least one user actuation target on the display, the at least one user actuation target having a function corresponding to at least one of the one or more physical keys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium in an electronic device comprising a processor, a display, and one or more physical keys, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for a method, when executed by the processor, to present one or more user actuation targets on the display, the instructions comprising:
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determining a duration of user contact with the display; and where the duration of user contact exceeds a threshold, presenting user actuation targets on the display having functionality corresponding to that of the one or more physical keys. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more physical keys for executing operations within the electronic device; a processor coupled to a memory; a display operable with the processor; a sensor configured to detect user contact with the display; and a soft key presentation module, operable with the processor, and configured to replicate at least some of the one or more physical keys as soft keys by presenting user actuation targets corresponding to the one or more physical keys on the display upon the user contact exceeding a duration threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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