Multi-touch navigation mode
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a display for displaying content to a user;
a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and
a user interface including a multi-touch navigation mode that is configured to be activated in response to user contact via the touch sensitive surface, the user contact including a fixed activation point and one or more moving gesture points, the one or more moving gesture points defining a navigation gesture, wherein for a given configuration of the multi-touch navigation mode, any portion of the touch sensitive surface can be used as the activation point.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a navigation mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. The navigation mode can be used to advance forward and backward through displayed pages of content on a page-by-page or multi-page basis, such as pages of an eBook, photos, lists such as search results and files, or other consumable content that can be displayed in a page-like fashion. The user can engage the navigation mode with a particular gesture that includes a combination of contact points that uniquely and/or globally identify that the navigation mode is desired. The combination may include, for example, a press-and-hold activation contact point by one hand of the user, and one or more additional moving gesture contact points that indicate the desired navigation using the other hand of the user. Horizontal and/or vertical paging speeds correspond to the number of moving contact points, which can be effected with swiping or circular gestures.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a display for displaying content to a user; a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and a user interface including a multi-touch navigation mode that is configured to be activated in response to user contact via the touch sensitive surface, the user contact including a fixed activation point and one or more moving gesture points, the one or more moving gesture points defining a navigation gesture, wherein for a given configuration of the multi-touch navigation mode, any portion of the touch sensitive surface can be used as the activation point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device, comprising:
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a display having a touch screen interface and for displaying content to a user; and a user interface including a multi-touch navigation mode that is configured to be activated in response to user contact via the touch sensitive interface, the user contact including a fixed activation point and one or more moving gesture points, the one or more moving gesture points defining a navigation gesture; wherein without the fixed activation point, the one or more moving gesture points define a gesture that is independent of the navigation gesture. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause a content navigation process to be carried out, the process comprising:
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in response to user contact via a touch sensitive interface of a device capable of displaying content, activating a multi-touch navigation mode in the device, the user contact including a fixed activation point and one or more moving gesture points, the one or more moving gesture points defining a navigation gesture, wherein for a given configuration of the multi-touch navigation mode, any portion of the touch sensitive interface can be used as the activation point; and advancing displayed content based on the navigation gesture. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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