Touch-sensitive display and method of controlling same

• US 8,686,954 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2009
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Echeverri, Oscar, Lee, John Jong-Suk, Mujkic, Alen
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam, Abbas
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPP JONES, SHAWNA T
• Application Number:
  US12/578,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20100214237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Information including a first part of a list is displayed on a touch-sensitive display (118) of a portable electronic device (100). The touch-sensitive display (118) detects (403) a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display and scrolls (409, 411) within the information in response to the first gesture. The touch-sensitive display (118) detects (403) a second gesture in a second direction on the touch-sensitive display and displays a second part of (415, 417) the list on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, information having a first part, a second part, and a third part located between the first part and the second part, wherein the first part, the second part, and the third part are scrollable with each other;

while the first part of the information is displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling within the information in response to the first gesture;

while the first part of the information is displayed and the second part of the information is not displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, and displaying a second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture, wherein the second part of the information is displayed without scrolling through the third part of the information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the information occurs later in the information than the first part of the information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the information occurs earlier in the information than the first part of the information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the category is one of a date, a name, and a subject.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises search results.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a length of the second gesture and displaying a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the information in one area of the touch-sensitive display while preserving other information in a second area of the touch-sensitive display.

12. A computer readable storage device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

13. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display configured to display information having a first part, a second part, and a third part located between the first part and the second part and to receive a gesture;

a processor configured to, while the first part of the information is displayed;

detect, on the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction and to scroll within a first part of the information and the third part of the information in response to the first gesture and

while the second part of the information is not displayed, detect, on the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture and to display the second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture, wherein the second part of the information is displayed without scrolling through the third part of the information.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a length of the second gesture and display a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

18. A method comprising:

displaying information on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, wherein the information comprises at least a first part, a second part, and a third part located between the first part and the second part, and wherein the first part, the second part, and the third part are scrollable with each other;

while the first part of the information is displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling within the first part and the third part of the information in response to the first gesture;

while the first part of the information is displayed and the second part of the information is not displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, and displaying the second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture, wherein the second part of the information is displayed without scrolling through the third part of the information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second part of the information occurs later in the information than the first part of the information.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining a length of the second gesture and displaying a part of the information based on the length of the second gesture.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the second part of the information occurs earlier in the information than the first part of the information.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture is in a substantially vertical direction and the second gesture is in a substantially horizontal direction.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein second gesture is different from the first gesture in that the first gesture comprises a single swipe and the second gesture comprises one of a multiple swipe and a combination swipe.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the information comprises a list, and wherein the second part of the information differs from the first part of the information by a category by which the list is sorted.

25. A computer readable storage device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 18.

26. A method comprising:

during a first mode of operation of a touch-sensitive display, detecting a first gesture and scrolling, by the touch-sensitive display, through information in response to the first gesture;

during a second mode of operation of a touch-sensitive display, while displaying one part of the information and not displaying a different part of the information, detecting a second gesture and jumping, by the touch-sensitive display, to display the different part of the information in response to the second gesture without scrolling through intermediary information located between the one part and the different part, wherein the one part, the different part, and the intermediary information are scrollable with each other.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the first mode is entered when a first-mode gesture having a first attribute is detected, and wherein the second mode is entered when a second-mode gesture having a second attribute is detected.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the first attribute comprises a direction of the first-mode gesture.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the information comprises one of a list, a document, and search results.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the second attribute comprises a plurality of touch aspects.

31. A method comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, information having a first part, a second part, and a third part located between the first part and the second part;

while the first part of the information is displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling within the first part and the third part of the information in response to the first gesture;

while the first part of the information is displayed and the second part of the information is not displayed, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, and displaying a second part of the information on the touch-sensitive display in response to the second gesture, wherein the second part of the information is displayed without scrolling through the third part of the information.