Contextual gestures manager

• US 8,875,060 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2012
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Barak, Nimrod, Lehmann, Doron, Nathan, Eyal
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/487,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/716, 715/764
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a method and apparatus are provided to receive a first gesture registration associated a first application, receive a portal gesture registration associated with a web portal, and prioritize gestures associated with the web portal based on the first gesture registration and the portal gesture registration.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first gesture registration associated with a first application that is associated with a first web browser frame of a web portal, the first gesture registration comprising a gesture priority level;

receiving a portal gesture registration associated with the web portal, the portal gesture registration comprising a web portal gesture priority level;

prioritizing, via a processor, the first gesture registration and the portal gesture registration; and

receiving a second gesture registration associated with a second application that is associated with a second web browser frame of the portal, the second gesture registration comprising a second gesture priority level, wherein the prioritizing is based on the gesture priority level, the web portal gesture priority level and the second gesture priority level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is less than the gesture priority level, the first application responds to a received gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is greater than the gesture priority level, the web portal as a whole responds to a received gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first gesture registration further comprises an identification of a first frame of a web page and an indication of a type of gesture.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a second gesture registration associated with a second application, the second gesture registration comprising a second gesture priority level, an identification of a second frame, and an indication of the type of gesture, wherein a gesture made outside the first frame initiates a determination as to whether the second frame has a higher gesture priority level than the web portal gesture priority level.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a first gesture registration associated with a first application that is associated with a first web browser frame of a web portal, the first gesture registration comprising a gesture priority level;

receiving a portal gesture registration associated with the web portal, the portal gesture registration comprising a web portal gesture priority level;

prioritizing, via a processor, the first gesture registration and the portal gesture registration; and

receiving a second gesture registration associated with a second application that is associated with a second web browser frame of the portal, the second gesture registration comprising a second gesture priority level, wherein the prioritizing is based on the gesture priority level, the web portal gesture priority level and the second gesture priority level.

7. The medium of claim 6, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is less than the gesture priority level, the first application responds to a received gesture.

8. The medium of claim 6, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is greater than the gesture priority level, the web portal as a whole responds to a received gesture.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method, the method comprising;

receiving a first gesture registration associated with a first application that is associated with a first web browser frame of a web portal, the first gesture registration comprising a gesture priority level;

receiving a portal gesture registration associated with the web portal, the portal gesture registration comprising a web portal gesture priority level;

prioritizing, via the processor, the first gesture registration and the portal gesture registration; and

receiving a second gesture registration associated with a second application that is associated with a second web browser frame of the portal, the second gesture registration comprising a second gesture priority level, wherein the prioritizing is based on the gesture priority level, the web portal gesture priority level and the second gesture priority level.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is less than the gesture priority level, the first application responds to a received gesture.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein in a case that the web portal gesture priority level is greater than the gesture priority level, the web portal as a whole responds to a received gesture.