Block-based content selecting technique for touch screen UI
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a touch screen display for displaying content to a user and allowing user input; and
a user interface including a content selecting mode that can be activated in response to user contact via the touch screen display, the user contact including an initial press and hold touch point targeting a block of displayed content and that transitions into a dragging touch point within the block of content, wherein the content selecting mode is configured to cause only a piece of content that is within the block of content and that is touched by the initial press and hold touch point to be selected, and to further cause the entire block of displayed content to be selected only after the press and hold touch point transitions into the dragging touch point, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to assign each page of a multi-page selection with a selection page count commencing from one and sequentially increasing by one for each subsequent page in the selection, such that the first page of the selection is identified as page 1, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to cause each page of the selection to be displayed with the corresponding page number assigned by the content selecting mode, and wherein the selection page count assigned to and displayed on each page is in addition to original page numbering also displayed on each page of the selection.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a content selecting mode in electronic touch screen devices. The content may be, for instance, text, graphics, images, files, and/or other consumable content. The user can engage the mode with a combination of gestures and touch points on the touch screen. The combination may include, for example, multiple initial touch points within a given content block, followed by a dragging gesture that moves the touch points into or otherwise within the given content block, wherein the entire content block is then highlighted/selected. The initial touch points may touch, for instance, any piece of content within that block and the subsequent dragging gesture moves those initial touch points toward another piece of content within that block. As the drag continues into other blocks, so does selecting. The techniques can be used, for example, to select entire sentences or paragraphs or other content blocks.
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17 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a touch screen display for displaying content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface including a content selecting mode that can be activated in response to user contact via the touch screen display, the user contact including an initial press and hold touch point targeting a block of displayed content and that transitions into a dragging touch point within the block of content, wherein the content selecting mode is configured to cause only a piece of content that is within the block of content and that is touched by the initial press and hold touch point to be selected, and to further cause the entire block of displayed content to be selected only after the press and hold touch point transitions into the dragging touch point, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to assign each page of a multi-page selection with a selection page count commencing from one and sequentially increasing by one for each subsequent page in the selection, such that the first page of the selection is identified as page 1, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to cause each page of the selection to be displayed with the corresponding page number assigned by the content selecting mode, and wherein the selection page count assigned to and displayed on each page is in addition to original page numbering also displayed on each page of the selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
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a touch screen display for displaying content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface including a content selecting mode that can be activated in response to user contact via the touch screen display, the user contact including an initial press and hold touch point targeting a block of displayed content and that transitions into multiple dragging touch points within the block of displayed content, wherein the content selecting mode is configured to cause only a piece of content that is within the block of content and that is touched by the initial press and hold touch point to be selected, and to further cause the entire block of displayed content to be selected only after the press and hold touch point transitions into the dragging touch points, such that the selected content advances past the dragging touch points, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to assign each page of a multi-page selection with a selection page count commencing from one and sequentially increasing by one for each subsequent page in the selection, such that the first page of the selection is identified as page 1, and wherein the content selecting mode is further configured to cause each page of the selection to be displayed with the corresponding page number assigned by the content selecting mode, and wherein the selection page count assigned to and displayed on each page is in addition to original page numbering also displayed on each page of the selection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transient computer readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause a content selecting process to be carried out, the process comprising:
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in response to user contact via a touch sensitive display device, activating a content selecting mode in the device, the user contact including an initial press and hold touch point targeting a block of displayed content and that transitions into a dragging touch point within the block of displayed content; initially selecting only a piece of content that is within the block of content and that is touched by the initial press and hold touch point to be selected; and selecting the entire block of displayed content only after the press and hold touch point transitions into the dragging touch point; assigning each page of a multi-page selection with a selection page count commencing from one and sequentially increasing by one for each subsequent page in the selection, such that the first page of the selection is identified as page 1, and causing each page of the selection to be displayed with the corresponding page number assigned, and wherein the selection page count assigned to and displayed on each page is in addition to original page numbering also displayed on each page of the selection. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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