Multi-screen bookmark hold gesture

• US 9,075,522 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, THU V
• Application Number:
  US12/713,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20110209039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: 715205-206, 715/234, 715/255, 715/863, 715/804, 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Embodiments of a multi-screen bookmark hold gesture are described. In various embodiments, a hold input is recognized at a first screen of a multi-screen system, and the hold input is recognized when held in place proximate an edge of a journal page that is displayed on the first screen. A motion input is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system while the hold input remains held in place. A bookmark hold gesture can then be determined from the recognized hold and motion inputs, and the bookmark hold gesture is effective to bookmark the journal page at a location of the hold input on the first screen.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a hold input on a first screen of a multi-screen system, the hold input being recognized when held in place on the first screen and proximate an edge of a journal page that is displayed on the first screen, the hold input including a slide motion input from a corner of the journal page on the first screen towards a center of the journal page, the slide motion input recognized as a progression of motion to initiate the hold input, and the slide motion input determined to bookmark the journal page at the corner;

recognizing a motion input on a second screen of the multi-screen system, the motion input being recognized while the hold input remains in place on the first screen;

determining a bookmark hold gesture from a combination of the recognized hold and motion inputs, the bookmark hold gesture effective to temporarily bookmark the journal page at a location of the hold input on the first screen;

recognizing that the hold input is lifted from the first screen;

flipping back to display the journal page on the first screen; and

discarding the temporary bookmark.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the bookmark hold gesture is identified as a cross-screen combination of the hold and motion inputs.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the motion input at the second screen is recognized along an outer edge of an opposite journal page that is displayed on the second screen, the motion input effective to flip one or more journal pages while the bookmark is maintained for the journal page on the first screen.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the bookmark is a selectable link to the journal page that is bookmarked on the first screen, the method further comprising recognizing a selection input of the bookmark effective to flip back to the journal page and display the journal page on the first screen.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying a bookmark identifier to identify the journal page that is bookmarked and the location of the temporary bookmark on the first screen.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the bookmark identifier is a partial display of the journal page that is bookmarked.

7. A multi-screen system, comprising:

at least a memory and a processor to implement a gesture module configured to determine a bookmark hold gesture from a combination of recognized hold and motion inputs, the bookmark hold gesture effective to bookmark a journal page at a location of the hold input on a first screen, the hold input including a slide motion input from a corner of the journal page on the first screen towards a center of the journal page, the slide motion input recognized as a progression of motion to initiate the hold input, and the slide motion input determined to bookmark the journal page at the corner;

an input recognition system configured to;

recognize the hold input on the first screen, the hold input recognized when held in place on the first screen and proximate an edge of the journal page that is displayed on the first screen; and

recognize the motion input on a second screen, the motion input recognized while the hold input remains in place on the first screen.

8. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the gesture module is further configured to identify the bookmark hold gesture as a cross-screen combination of the hold and motion inputs.

9. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the input recognition system is further configured to recognize the motion input at the second screen along an outer edge of an opposite journal page that is displayed on the second screen, the motion input effective to flip one or more journal pages while the bookmark is maintained for the journal page on the first screen.

10. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the bookmark is a selectable link to the journal page that is bookmarked on the first screen, and the input recognition system further configured to recognize a selection input of the bookmark effective to flip back to the journal page and display the journal page on the first screen.

11. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein a bookmark identifier is configured for display to identify the journal page that is bookmarked and the location of the bookmark on the first screen.

12. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 11, wherein the bookmark identifier is a partial display of the journal page that is bookmarked.

13. A computer-readable storage memory device comprising stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the instructions, a multi-screen system is initiated to:

recognize a hold input on a first screen of the multi-screen system, the hold input recognized as a slide motion input from a corner of a journal page that is displayed on the first screen towards a center of the journal page, the slide motion input recognized as a progression of motion to initiate the hold input;

recognize a motion input on a second screen of the multi-screen system, the motion input recognized while the hold input remains in place on the first screen; and

determine a bookmark hold gesture from a combination of the recognized hold and motion inputs, the bookmark hold gesture effective to bookmark the journal page at a location of the hold input on the first screen.

14. The computer-readable storage memory device as recited in claim 13, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to identify the bookmark hold gesture as a cross-screen combination of the hold and motion inputs.

15. The computer-readable storage memory device as recited in claim 13, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to recognize the motion input at the second screen along an outer edge of an opposite journal page that is displayed on the second screen, the motion input effective to flip one or more journal pages while the bookmark is maintained for the journal page on the first screen.

16. The computer-readable storage memory device as recited in claim 13, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to display the bookmark as a selectable link to the journal page that is bookmarked on the first screen, and recognize a selection input of the bookmark effective to flip back to the journal page and display the journal page on the first screen.

17. The computer-readable storage memory device as recited in claim 13, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to display a bookmark identifier to identify the journal page that is bookmarked and the location of the bookmark on the first screen.

18. The computer-readable storage memory device as recited in claim 17, wherein the bookmark identifier is a partial display of the journal page that is bookmarked.