Tabbed content view on a touch-screen device

• US 8,799,806 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Stallings, Heath, Roberts, Brian F., Relyea, Donald H. Jr., Dunnam, Daniel Spurgeon
• Primary Examiner(s): ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D
• Application Number:
  US12/347,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 715/702, 715/739, 715/777, 715/784, 345/173, 707/E17.016, 707/E17.008, 707/E17.009, 707/E17.044
• US Class Current: 715/777
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Content may be displayed on a touch-screen display of a device as part of a graphical interface in which the content is divided into categories or sections, and each category/section is associated with a graphical tab. The device may detect a selection of one of the graphic tabs based on a touch gesture received by the touch-screen display and display, on the touch-screen display, content items corresponding to the subset of content items for the selected tab.

Claims

1. A computing device-implemented method comprising:

displaying, by the computing device, a graphical interface on a display associated with the computing device,

the graphical interface including a plurality of selectable graphic tabs and a plurality of different content items,

each of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs being associated with at least one of the plurality of different content items;

detecting, by the computing device, a selection of a graphic tab, of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs, based on a gesture made by a user of the computing device;

determining, by the computing device and based on the detected selection a set of content items, of the plurality of different content items, that corresponds to the selected graphic tab;

displaying, by the computing device and on the display, the set of content items that corresponds to the selected graphic tab;

displaying, by the computing device and on the display, the plurality of selectable graphic tabs; and

removing from display, by the computing device, each of the plurality of different content items that do not correspond to the selected graphic tab.

2. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, where the display includes a touch-screen display.

3. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, where the gesture includes a gesture made on a touch-screen display or a gesture input through a directional pad.

4. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, where, when displaying the plurality of different content items, the method includes:

displaying, for each content item, of the plurality of different content items, at least one of;

the content item,

summary information about the content item, or

a link to the content item.

5. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the plurality of different content items from a remote server based on the detected selection of the graphic tab.

6. The computing device-implemented method of claim 5, where the remote server is part of a cellular network.

7. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, where, when displaying the graphical interface, the method further includes:

modifying the graphical interface to include additional graphic tabs as additional content items, corresponding to the additional graphic tabs, are received from a remote server.

8. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, where the plurality of different content items include at least one of:

multi-media files,

documents, or

photos.

9. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

visually distinguishing, based on the detected selection, the selected graphic tab from one or more non-selected graphic tabs of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs.

10. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting another gesture covering multiple graphic tabs of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs; and

displaying, on the display and based on the detected other gesture, a graphic element that represents changing of content.

11. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a scroll command corresponding to the selected graphic tab; and

displaying, on the display, additional content items corresponding to the selected graphic tab.

12. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a scroll command that corresponds to an end of the set of content items; and

displaying, on the display and based on the scroll command, content items from a next graphic tab of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs.

13. The computing device-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising:

visually distinguishing the next graphic tab from the selected graphic tab.

14. A device comprising:

a touch-screen display;

a memory to store instructions; and

a processing unit to execute the instructions to;

display, on the touch-screen display, a graphical interface,

the graphical interface including a plurality of selectable graphic tabs and a plurality of different content items,

each of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs being associated with at least one of the plurality of different content items,

detect a selection of a graphic tab, of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs, based on a touch gesture on the touch-screen display,

determine, based on the detected selection, a set of content items, of the plurality of different content items, that corresponds to the selected graphic tab,

display, on the touch-screen display, the set of content items that corresponds to the selected graphic tab,

display the plurality of selectable graphic tabs, and

remove, from display, each of the plurality of different content items that do not correspond to the selected graphic tab.

15. The device of claim 14, where the device includes a mobile phone.

16. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

retrieve the plurality of different content items from a remote server based on the detected selection of the graphic tab.

17. The device of claim 16, where the remote server is part of a cellular network.

18. The device of claim 14, where the plurality of different content items include at least one of

multi-media files,

documents, or

photos.

19. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

visually distinguish, based on the detected selection, the selected graphic tab from one or more non-selected graphic tabs of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs.

20. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

detect another touch gesture covering multiple graphic tabs of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs, and

display, on the touch-screen and based on the detected other touch gesture, a graphic element that represents a blur of content.

21. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

detect a scroll command corresponding to the selected graphic tab, and

display, on the touch-screen display, additional content items corresponding to the selected graphic tab.

22. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

detect a scroll command that corresponds to an end of the set of content items; and

display, on the touch-screen display and based on the scroll command, content items from a next graphic tab of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs.

23. The device of claim 22, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

visually distinguish the next graphic tab from the selected graphic tab.

24. The device of claim 14, where the processing unit further executes the instructions to:

detect, via the touch-screen display, selection of one of the content items of the set of displayed content items, and

present the selected content item to the user.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to;

display a graphical interface,

the graphical interface including a plurality of selectable graphic tabs and a plurality of different content items,

each of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs being associated with at least one of the plurality of different content items;

detect a selection of a graphic tab, of the plurality of selectable graphic tabs, based on a gesture made by a user of the device;

determine, based on the detected selection, a set of content items, of the plurality of different content items, that corresponds to the selected graphic tab,

display the set of the content items that corresponds to the selected graphic tab;

display the plurality of selectable graphic tabs; and

remove, from display, each of the plurality of different content items that do not correspond to the selected graphic tab.