Enhancing usability of a moving touch screen
First Claim
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having one or more computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing selectability of objects displayed on a mobile device'"'"'s touch screen, the method comprising:
- determining that the mobile device is moving in a pattern that indicates the mobile device is being carried by a user who is presently walking, wherein the pattern is detected using readings from accelerometers in the mobile device; and
displaying, though the mobile device'"'"'s touch screen, a walk-mode interface that increases an ease with which the objects may be selected through the touch screen as compared to a standard interface displayed when the user of the mobile device is not walking with the mobile device by including less action buttons than the standard interface, and wherein a subset of action buttons having above a threshold frequency of use by the user as determined by evaluating the user'"'"'s previous usage of action buttons are selected from an available plurality of action buttons for display in the walk-mode interface.
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Abstract
A system and method for improving the usability of a touch screen on a moving mobile device are provided. Upon determining the mobile device is moving in a pattern that is consistent with a person walking while carrying the mobile device, a new interface that is easier to use is displayed. The new interface may be easier to use than a standard interface by showing less action buttons, zooming into a portion of the standard interface, and/or by requiring less user input to complete a requested task.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having one or more computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing selectability of objects displayed on a mobile device'"'"'s touch screen, the method comprising:
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determining that the mobile device is moving in a pattern that indicates the mobile device is being carried by a user who is presently walking, wherein the pattern is detected using readings from accelerometers in the mobile device; and displaying, though the mobile device'"'"'s touch screen, a walk-mode interface that increases an ease with which the objects may be selected through the touch screen as compared to a standard interface displayed when the user of the mobile device is not walking with the mobile device by including less action buttons than the standard interface, and wherein a subset of action buttons having above a threshold frequency of use by the user as determined by evaluating the user'"'"'s previous usage of action buttons are selected from an available plurality of action buttons for display in the walk-mode interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having one or more computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of improving usability of a mobile device when a user is walking with the mobile device, the method comprising:
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determining that a user is walking with the mobile device; changing a user interface on the mobile device into a walk-mode showing from a standard mode, wherein the walk mode shows a first content and the standard mode shows a second content, wherein the walk mode displays less content than the standard mode, and wherein a subset of content having above a threshold frequency of use by the user as determined by evaluating the user'"'"'s previous usage of content are selected from an available plurality of content for display in the walk-mode interface; determining that the user has stopped walking with the mobile device; and changing the user interface on the mobile device back to the standard mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of changing a display mode on a mobile device when a user of the mobile device is walking with the mobile device, the method comprising:
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determining that the mobile device is moving in a pattern that indicates the mobile device is being carried by a user who is presently walking, wherein the pattern is detected using readings from accelerometers in the mobile device; determining that a first set of content associated with a contact is presently displayed on the mobile device; selecting a subset of content from the first set of content to form a second set of content to be included in a walk-mode interface based on the contact and a frequency with which the user accesses the content, thereby customizing the walk-mode interface based on the contact, wherein the second set of content comprises content with above a threshold amount of use by the user as determined by analyzing the user'"'"'s previous usage of content for the contact; and changing a user interface on the mobile device into the walk mode interface from a standard mode, wherein the walk mode shows the first set of content and the standard mode shows the second set of content, wherein the walk mode displays less content than the standard mode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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