Portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and navigation device and method

• US 9,170,672 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Shenfield, Alon
• Primary Examiner(s): Hicks, Charles V
• Application Number:
  US14/476,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20140368457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method includes detecting a touch at a location on a touch-sensitive display, receiving an input by a navigation device, and performing a function associated with at least one of the touch and the input in response to elapsing of a time period between detecting the touch and receiving the input.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a touch at a location on a touch-sensitive display;

receiving an input by a navigation device spaced from the touch-sensitive display;

determining a time between detecting the touch and receiving the input;

performing a first function associated with the touch and a second function associated with the input in response to determining that the time between detecting the touch and receiving the input is not within a predetermined time period;

in response to determining that the time between detecting the touch and receiving the input is within the predetermined time period;

performing one of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input; and

determining whether to perform an other of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input based at least in part on;

an order of detecting the touch and receiving the input; and

a direction of one of the touch and the input.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input comprises a scrolling input at the navigation device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first function and the second function are performed in response to determining that the location is outside a predetermined area of the touch-sensitive display.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first function and the second function are performed in response to determining that the location is not within a predetermined distance of the navigation device.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising starting a timer to determine the time between detecting the touch and receiving the input.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second function associated with the input is performed when the touch on the touch-sensitive display is not a moving touch.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether to perform an other of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input is also based on the location of the touch on the touch-sensitive display.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method according to claim 1.

9. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a navigation device spaced from the touch-sensitive display;

a processor operably coupled to detect a touch at a location on the touch-sensitive display, receive an input from a navigation device, determine a time between detecting the touch and receiving the input, and perform a first function associated with the touch and a second function associated with the input in response to determining that the time between detecting the touch and receiving the input is not within a predetermined time period,

wherein, when the time between detecting the touch and receiving the input is within the predetermined time period, one of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input is performed and the processor determines whether to perform an other of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input based at least in part on an order of detecting the touch and receiving the input and a direction of one of the touch and the input.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the determination whether to perform the other of the first function associated with the touch and the second function associated with the input is also based on the location of the touch on the touch-sensitive display.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the navigation device comprises a device utilized to receive input to navigate through information, control a cursor, edit information, or any combination thereof.