User interface of a small touch sensitive display for an electronic data and communication device
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1. A method of using a self-configuring communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
- receiving inputs corresponding to touch screen and non-touchscreen contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display area of less than 2″
diagonal, and multiple operational modes, a single or plurality of accelerometers for recognizing non-touchscreen contact gestures, and the self-configuring including recognizing and operating according to a wearable accessory on to which the communications and display device is mounted;
responsive to the display device being removably inserted into a receptacle of an accessory, detecting a shape of the accessory and automatically reconfiguring the interactive touchscreen display to arrange and format the said display according to the shape of the accessory;
automatically adjusting the input touchscreen contact gestures to accommodate the display shape and function;
determining whether the input corresponds to a contact gesture type, wherein the contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture that invoke a particular function in one operational mode and invoke a completely different function in another operational mode, wherein each primary contact gesture is mapped to a frequently used function of at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;
each secondary contact gesture is mapped to an occasionally used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes; and
each tertiary contact gesture is meant to a rarely used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes;
determining whether the contact gesture type is a universal gesture that invokes the same function on the device, no matter which operational mode the device is in; and
performing the function corresponding to the contact gesture type in the particular operational mode.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for receiving an input by a user on an interactive touchscreen display based, electronic data and communication device, the input comprising a contact gesture, which further comprises touchscreen single or multiple simultaneous contacts. The contact gestures are classified as primary, secondary, tertiary, universal and non-universal contact gestures. The method further includes performing an operation or entering an operational mode based on the user input.
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1. A method of using a self-configuring communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
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receiving inputs corresponding to touch screen and non-touchscreen contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display area of less than 2″
diagonal, and multiple operational modes, a single or plurality of accelerometers for recognizing non-touchscreen contact gestures, and the self-configuring including recognizing and operating according to a wearable accessory on to which the communications and display device is mounted;responsive to the display device being removably inserted into a receptacle of an accessory, detecting a shape of the accessory and automatically reconfiguring the interactive touchscreen display to arrange and format the said display according to the shape of the accessory; automatically adjusting the input touchscreen contact gestures to accommodate the display shape and function; determining whether the input corresponds to a contact gesture type, wherein the contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture that invoke a particular function in one operational mode and invoke a completely different function in another operational mode, wherein each primary contact gesture is mapped to a frequently used function of at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;
each secondary contact gesture is mapped to an occasionally used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes; and
each tertiary contact gesture is meant to a rarely used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes;determining whether the contact gesture type is a universal gesture that invokes the same function on the device, no matter which operational mode the device is in; and performing the function corresponding to the contact gesture type in the particular operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a self-configuring electronic data and communication device comprising a touch screen display, a method comprising:
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responsive to the device being removably inserted into a receptacle of an accessory, self-configuring by detecting a shape of the accessory on to which the electronic data and communication device is mounted and automatically reconfiguring the interactive touchscreen display to arrange and format the said display according to the shape of the accessory; detecting an input corresponding to a contact gesture, the device including a touchscreen display having a diagonal of less than 2.2 inches, and wherein the contact gesture corresponds to a signal received from the touchscreen, the device being in a default display mode; automatically adjusting the input touchscreen contact gestures to accommodate the display shape and function; determining the input contact gesture type wherein the said input contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture, that invoke a particular function in one operational mode and invoke a completely different function in another operational mode, wherein each primary contact gesture is mapped to a frequently used function of at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;
each secondary contact gesture is mapped to an occasionally used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes;
each tertiary contact gesture is meant to a rarely used function of at least one operational mode in the plurality of operational modes;determining whether the contact gesture type is a universal gesture that invokes the same function on the device, no matter which operational mode the device is in; and performing the function associated with the input contact gesture type in the particular operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A self configuring, interactive touchscreen display based, electronic data and communication device comprising:
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a memory having instructions encoded thereon; at least one of a single and plurality of accelerometers for detecting motion and for detecting non-touchscreen contact gestures wherein the non-touchscreen contact gestures correspond to a predefined instruction to the electronic data and communication device for entering into a specific operational mode; and a processor coupled to the memory configured to; responsive to the device being removably inserted into a receptacle of an accessory, detect a shape of the accessory and automatically reconfigure the interactive touchscreen display to arrange and format the said display according to the shape of the accessory; and automatically adjust user input touchscreen contact gestures to accommodate the display shape and function; wherein the interactive touchscreen display causes the electronic data and communication device to perform an operation in response to a user input touchscreen contact gesture, wherein the said user input contact gesture comprises at least one of single and multiple simultaneous contacts recognizable by the device touchscreen, and each contact gesture corresponds to a predefined instruction to the electronic data and communication device for entering into a specific operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. In a self-configuring communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, wherein the display comprises an interactive touchscreen display area of less than 2.5″
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responsive to the device being removably inserted into a receptacle of an accessory, self-configuring by detecting a shape of the accessory on to which the communications and display device is mounted and automatically reconfiguring the interactive touchscreen display to arrange and format the said display according to the shape of the accessory; receiving an input corresponding to a contact gesture wherein the said input contact gesture indicates at least one of a single contact and a multiple simultaneous contacts; automatically adjusting the input touchscreen contact gestures to accommodate the display shape and function; determining whether the input contact gesture corresponds to a contact gesture type, the contact gesture type being at least one of a first primary contact gesture type, a second secondary contact gesture type, a third tertiary contact gesture type, that invoke a particular function in one operational mode and invoke a completely different function in another operational mode, wherein the first contact gesture type is a primary contact gesture wherein each primary contact gesture is mapped to a frequently used function of the at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;
wherein the second contact gesture type is a secondary contact gesture wherein each secondary contact gesture is mapped to an occasionally used function of the at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;
wherein the third contact gesture type is a tertiary contact gesture wherein each tertiary contact gesture is mapped to a rarely used function of the at least one operational mode in a plurality of operational modes;determining whether the input corresponds to a fourth contact gesture type, wherein the contact gesture type is a universal gesture that invokes the same function on the device, no matter which operational mode the device is in; and performing a function in an operational mode corresponding to the contact gesture type. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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