Computing device and browser for same

• US 9,052,816 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Hideyuki, Kitayama, Shigetoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, VIET DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/548,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20150070291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 202 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

An example computing device includes a touch screen display; wireless communication circuitry; one or more processors; and memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display. The one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least: display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; and display, on the touch screen display, a pop-up menu concurrently with a displayed web page. The pop-up menu includes at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying web pages and sensing inputs;

wireless communication circuitry for retrieving web pages over a wireless network;

one or more processors operatively coupled to the touch screen display and the wireless communication circuitry; and

memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing a browser program for displaying retrieved web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages retrieved via the wireless communication circuitry;

display a pop-up menu on the touch screen display in response to a first input sensed by the touch screen display while a retrieved web page is displayed, the pop-up menu being displayed concurrently with the retrieved web page and including at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, and a third touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page; and

hide the pop-up menu in response to a second input sensed by the touch screen display while the retrieved web page is displayed.

2. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second touch images comprise respective direction icons.

3. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to zoom in/out on a displayed web page in response to respective zoom in/out gestures sensed by the touch screen display.

4. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to scroll a displayed web page up/down in response to respective scroll up/down gestures sensed by to the touch screen display.

5. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein an input to the third touch image sensed by the touch screen display causes display of a list of bookmarked web pages and the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to retrieve and display a bookmarked web page selected from the list.

6. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

7. The computing device according to claim 1, implemented as a mobile telephone.

8. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to:

in response to a first gesture sensed by the touch screen display, display a next web page; and

in response to a second gesture, different from the first gesture, sensed by the touch screen display, display a previous web page.

28. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the pop-up menu is displayed along an edge of the retrieved web page.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by processing circuitry of a computing device comprising a touch screen display for displaying web pages and sensing inputs and wireless communication circuitry for retrieving web pages over a wireless network, cause the computing device to at least:

display, on the touch screen display, web pages retrieved via the wireless communication circuitry;

display a pop-up menu on the touch screen display in response to a first input sensed by the touch screen display while a retrieved web page is displayed, the pop-up menu being displayed concurrently with the retrieved web page and including at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, and a third touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page; and

hide the pop-up menu in response to a second input sensed by the touch screen display while the retrieved web page is displayed.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the one or more processors further cause the computing device to:

in response to respective zoom in/out gestures sensed by the touch screen display, zoom in/out on a displayed web page.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the one or more processors further cause the computing device to:

in response to respective scroll up/down gestures sensed by the touch screen display, scroll a displayed web page up/down.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the pop-up menu is displayed along an edge of the retrieved web page.

12. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying web pages and sensing input;

wireless communication circuitry for retrieving web pages over a wireless network;

one or more processors operatively coupled to the touch screen display and the wireless communication circuitry; and

memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing a browser program for displaying retrieved web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages retrieved via the wireless communication circuitry;

display a pop-up menu on the touch screen display in response to a first input sensed by the touch screen display while a retrieved web page is displayed, the pop-up menu being displayed concurrently with the retrieved web page and along an edge thereof, the pop-up menu comprising an arrangement of touch images, including at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page and a second touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page; and

hide the pop-up menu in response to a second input sensed by the touch screen display while the retrieved web page is displayed.

13. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein the first touch image comprises a direction icon.

14. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to zoom in/out on a displayed web page in response to respective zoom in/out gestures sensed by the touch screen display.

15. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to scroll a displayed web page up/down in response to respective scroll up/down gestures sensed by the touch screen display.

16. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein an input to the second touch image sensed by the touch screen display causes display of a list of bookmarked web pages and the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to retrieve and display a bookmarked web page selected from the list.

17. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

18. The computing device according to claim 12, implemented as a mobile telephone.

19. The computing device according to claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to:

in response to a first gesture sensed by the touch screen display, display a next web page; and

in response to a second gesture, different from the first gesture, sensed by the touch screen display, display a previous web page.

20. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying web pages and sensing inputs;

wireless communication circuitry for retrieving web pages over a wireless network;

one or more processors operatively coupled to the touch screen display and the wireless communication circuitry; and

memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing a browser program for displaying retrieved web pages on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least;

display, on the touch screen display, web pages retrieved via the wireless communication circuitry;

show a menu on the touch screen display in response to a first input sensed by the touch screen display while a retrieved web page is displayed, the menu being displayed on the touch screen display concurrently with the retrieved web page and along an edge thereof, the menu comprising a linear arrangement of touch images including at least a first touch image comprising a first direction indicator and a second touch image comprising a second direction indicator; and

hide the menu in response to a second input sensed by the touch screen display, wherein

the retrieved web page remains displayed after the menu is hidden in response to the second input, and

the one or more processors respond to a sensed input corresponding to the first touch image by displaying a previous web page and the one or more processors respond to a sensed input corresponding to the second touch image by displaying a next web page.

21. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the first and second touch images comprise respective direction icons.

22. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to zoom in/out on a displayed web page in response to respective zoom in/out gestures sensed by the touch screen display.

23. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to scroll a displayed web page up/down in response to respective scroll up/down gestures sensed by the touch screen display.

24. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the linear arrangement of touch images includes a third touch image, the one or more processors responding to a sensed input corresponding to the third touch image by displaying a list of bookmarked web pages.

25. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program in response to selection of a corresponding icon displayed on the touch screen display.

26. The computing device according to claim 20, implemented as a mobile telephone.

27. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to:

in response to a first gesture sensed by the touch screen display, display a next web page; and

in response to a second gesture, different from the first gesture, sensed by the touch screen display, display a previous web page.

30. The computing device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the computing device to perform a predetermined operation on a displayed web page in response to a gesture sensed by the touch screen display while the menu is shown, wherein the menu remains shown while the predetermined operation is performed.