Tab bar control for mobile devices
First Claim
1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a touchscreen display;
one or more processors; and
a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;
displaying a first tab graphic in a first tab bar control and a second tab graphic in a second tab bar control, the second tab bar control separate and distinct from the first tab bar control, the first tab bar control being displayed at a first default position on a first edge of the touchscreen display and the second tab bar control being displayed at a second default position on a second, opposite edge of the touchscreen display;
detecting a user selection in one of a first region and a second region of the touchscreen display, the one of the first region and the second region defining a selected region, the first region being associated with the first tab graphic and the second region being associated with the second tab graphic;
in response to selection of the selected region, removing a tab bar control and a tab graphic associated with the selected region from display at an associated default position on an associated edge of the touchscreen display such that a first target is displayed at the associated default position;
detecting user motion corresponding to the user selection;
in response to the user motion, animating the tab bar control associated with the selected region to extend from one of the first edge and the second edge of the touchscreen display to the first target;
determining a measure of the user motion;
comparing the measure of the user motion to a threshold measure; and
in response to the measure of the user motion being equal to or greater than the threshold measure, changing an unlocked mode of the mobile device if the selected region is the first region, and changing a mode of a ringer of the mobile device if the selected region is the second region.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing tab bar controls on a mobile computing device are described. In one aspect, a method includes displaying a first tab graphic in a first tab bar control, the first tab bar control being displayed at a first default position on a first edge of a touchscreen display, detecting a user selection in a first region of the touchscreen display, the first region associated with the first tab graphic, detecting user motion, animating the first tab bar control to extend from the first edge of the touch-screen display in response to detecting user motion, determining a measure of user motion, comparing the measure of user motion to a threshold measure, and performing one or more functions on the mobile device in response to the measure of user motion exceeding the threshold measure.
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14 Claims
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a touchscreen display; one or more processors; and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; displaying a first tab graphic in a first tab bar control and a second tab graphic in a second tab bar control, the second tab bar control separate and distinct from the first tab bar control, the first tab bar control being displayed at a first default position on a first edge of the touchscreen display and the second tab bar control being displayed at a second default position on a second, opposite edge of the touchscreen display; detecting a user selection in one of a first region and a second region of the touchscreen display, the one of the first region and the second region defining a selected region, the first region being associated with the first tab graphic and the second region being associated with the second tab graphic; in response to selection of the selected region, removing a tab bar control and a tab graphic associated with the selected region from display at an associated default position on an associated edge of the touchscreen display such that a first target is displayed at the associated default position; detecting user motion corresponding to the user selection; in response to the user motion, animating the tab bar control associated with the selected region to extend from one of the first edge and the second edge of the touchscreen display to the first target; determining a measure of the user motion; comparing the measure of the user motion to a threshold measure; and in response to the measure of the user motion being equal to or greater than the threshold measure, changing an unlocked mode of the mobile device if the selected region is the first region, and changing a mode of a ringer of the mobile device if the selected region is the second region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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displaying a first tab graphic in a first tab bar control and a second tab graphic in a second tab bar control, the second tab bar control separate and distinct from the first tab bar control, the first tab bar control being displayed at a first default position on a first edge of the touchscreen display and the second tab bar control being displayed at a second default position on a second, opposite edge of the touchscreen display; detecting a user selection in one of a first region and a second region of the touchscreen display, the one of the first region and the second region defining a selected region, the first region being associated with the first tab graphic and the second region being associated with the second tab graphic; in response to selection of the selected region, removing a tab bar control and a tab graphic associated with the selected region from display at an associated default position on an associated edge of the touchscreen display such that a first target is displayed at the associated default position; detecting user motion corresponding to the user selection; in response to the user motion, animating the tab bar control associated with the selected region to extend from one of the first edge and the second edge of the touchscreen display to the first target; determining a measure of the user motion; comparing the measure of the user motion to a threshold measure; and in response to the measure of the user motion exceeding the threshold, changing an unlocked mode of the mobile device if the selected region is the first region, and changing a mode of a ringer of the mobile device if the selected region is the second region.
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14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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displaying a first tab graphic in a first tab bar control and a second tab graphic in a second tab bar control, the second tab bar control separate and distinct from the first tab bar control, the first tab bar control being displayed at a first default position on a first edge of the touchscreen display and the second tab bar control being displayed at a second default position on a second, opposite edge of the touchscreen display; detecting a user selection in one of a first region and a second region of the touchscreen display, the one of the first region and the second region defining a selected region, the first region being associated with the first tab graphic and the second region being associated with the second tab graphic; in response to selection of the selected region, removing a tab bar control and a tab graphic associated with the selected region from display at an associated default position on an associated edge of the touchscreen display such that a first target is displayed at the associated default position; detecting user motion corresponding to the user selection; in response to the user motion, animating the tab bar control associated with the selected region to extend from one of the first edge and the second edge of the touchscreen display to the first target; determining a measure of the user motion; comparing the measure of the user motion to a threshold measure; and in response to the measure of the user motion exceeding the threshold measure, changing an unlocked mode of the mobile device if the selected region is the first region, and changing a mode of a ringer of the mobile device if the selected region is the second region.
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