Multi-touch wallpaper management

• US 8,667,423 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Damale, Shridhar
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdul-Ali, Omar
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUONG H
• Application Number:
  US12/535,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20110035708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/763, 715/765, 715/788, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method and apparatus for multi-touch wallpaper management for a mobile computing device are described wherein a first wallpaper image is displayed on a multi-touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device and a multi-touch gesture is received indicating a request to change the first wallpaper image. In response to the multi-touch gesture, at least a portion of a second wallpaper image is displayed. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a first wallpaper image on a multi-touch-sensitive display of a mobile computing device, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image;

displaying an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display;

receiving a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating the wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition; and

dynamically displaying a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the dragging gesture results in a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image displayed along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sounding an auditory queue indicating that one or more applications are associated with the second wallpaper image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or the second wallpaper image comprises an application wallpaper dynamically updated in response to changes in a corresponding application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or the second wallpaper image is automatically selected based on a selected application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying consecutive wallpaper images in response to consecutive user inputs, each of the consecutive user inputs including a dragging gesture.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

retrieving the consecutive wallpaper images from an image or application database.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

display a first wallpaper image on a multi-touch-sensitive display of a mobile computing device, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image;

display an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display;

receive a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating the wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition; and

dynamically display a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the dragging gesture results in a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image displayed along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

sound an auditory queue indicating that one or more applications are associated with the second wallpaper image.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first or the second wallpaper image comprises an application wallpaper dynamically updated in response to changes in a corresponding application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first or the second wallpaper image is automatically selected based on a selected application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

display consecutive wallpaper images in response to consecutive user inputs, each of the consecutive user inputs including a dragging gesture.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

retrieve the consecutive wallpaper images from an image or application database.

19. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a multi-touch-sensitive display;

a wallpaper management module to display a first wallpaper image on the multi-touch sensitive display, and to display an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image; and

a multi-touch management module to receive a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition;

wherein the wallpaper management module dynamically displays a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

21. The mobile computing device of claim 20, wherein the dragging gesture causes the wallpaper management module to display a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

22. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.