Control of search results with multipoint pinch gestures
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- displaying, by a device having a touch-enabled screen, a listing of items, including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, in an item data display area on the touch-enabled screen of the device, the listing of items resulting from a search of an online database, each item comprising image data and metadata;
receiving, from the touch-enabled screen of the device, an indication of a pinch gesture, including a pinch gesture characteristic, being implemented in association with a scaled-data display area within the item data display area, the scaled-data display area comprising an image data region and a metadata region, the association relative to a specific item in the listing of items;
in response to the pinch gesture, scaling a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area to produce a scaled-facet listing and displaying the scaled-facet listing;
receiving an indication of a change in the pinch gesture characteristic being implemented in association with the scaled-facet listing and correspondingly scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data to produce a further scaled-facet listing; and
displaying the further scaled-facet listing in the scaled-data display area,wherein scaling a facet of the item data in response to the pinch gesture includes;
scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning forward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-in gesture; and
scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning backward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-out gesture;
wherein scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data in response to the change in pinch gesture comprises at least one of;
scaling a characteristic of the facet of the image data to replace previous image data with at least one of a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, symbolic image data, and a bullet point; and
scaling a characteristic of the facet of the metadata to replace previous metadata with at least one of a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, a heading, and a subject.
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Abstract
A device incorporates a touch-enabled screen configured to accept a user'"'"'s interaction with the touch screen to control display of the results of searches for information online and for listings within ecommerce sites. A user'"'"'s interaction with multipoint pinch gestures, applied to the touch screen and immediately above item data listings, navigates through large volumes of search results. By touch-selection of a facet of the item data returned in an item listing, a user may scale a characteristic of the selected facet of item data according to an application of multipoint pinch gestures. By application of a pinch-out and a pinch-in gesture respectively, a date facet of metadata may be scaled backward and forward in time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying, by a device having a touch-enabled screen, a listing of items, including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, in an item data display area on the touch-enabled screen of the device, the listing of items resulting from a search of an online database, each item comprising image data and metadata; receiving, from the touch-enabled screen of the device, an indication of a pinch gesture, including a pinch gesture characteristic, being implemented in association with a scaled-data display area within the item data display area, the scaled-data display area comprising an image data region and a metadata region, the association relative to a specific item in the listing of items; in response to the pinch gesture, scaling a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area to produce a scaled-facet listing and displaying the scaled-facet listing; receiving an indication of a change in the pinch gesture characteristic being implemented in association with the scaled-facet listing and correspondingly scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data to produce a further scaled-facet listing; and displaying the further scaled-facet listing in the scaled-data display area, wherein scaling a facet of the item data in response to the pinch gesture includes; scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning forward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-in gesture; and scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning backward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-out gesture; wherein scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data in response to the change in pinch gesture comprises at least one of; scaling a characteristic of the facet of the image data to replace previous image data with at least one of a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, symbolic image data, and a bullet point; and scaling a characteristic of the facet of the metadata to replace previous metadata with at least one of a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, a heading, and a subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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displaying, by a device having a touch-enabled screen, a listing of items, including item data corresponding to each respective item in the listing of items, in an item data display area on a the touch-enabled screen of the device, the listing of items resulting from a search of an online database, each item comprising image data and metadata; receiving, from the touch-enabled screen of the device, an indication of a pinch gesture, including a pinch gesture characteristic, being implemented in association with a scaled-data display area within the item data display area, the scaled-data display area comprising an image data region and a metadata region, the association relative to a specific item in the listing of items; in response to the pinch gesture, scaling a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area to produce a scaled-facet listing and displaying the scaled-facet listing; receiving an indication of a change in the pinch gesture characteristic being implemented in association with the scaled-facet listing and correspondingly scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data to produce a further scaled-facet listing; and displaying the further scaled-facet listing in the scaled-data display area, wherein scaling a facet of the item data in response to the pinch gesture includes; scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning forward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-in gesture; and scaling an initial temporal indicator of the metadata for the specific item in the listing of items to show metadata spanning backward in time, relative to the initial temporal indicator of the specific item without changing the image data for the specific item when the pinch gesture is a pinch-out gesture; wherein scaling a characteristic of the facet of the item data in response to the change in pinch gesture comprises at least one of; scaling a characteristic of the facet of the image data to replace previous image data with at least one of a thumbnail, a stylization, a characterization, symbolic image data, and a bullet point; and scaling a characteristic of the facet of the metadata to replace previous metadata with at least one of a selection of sentences, a select phrase, a selection of words, a heading, and a subject. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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