Apparatus and method for conditionally enabling or disabling soft buttons
First Claim
1. A multifunction device, comprising:
- a touch screen display;
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;
displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons, wherein each respective unconditionally enabled button of the one or more unconditionally enabled buttons is always responsive to an activation input on the respective unconditionally enabled button while the soft keyboard is displayed;
detecting a first input with a first button at a first time;
detecting a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, wherein the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and
in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time;
in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activating the second button; and
in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, preventing the second button from being activated.
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Abstract
A method of operating a multifunction device includes displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons. The method further includes detecting a first input with a first button at a first time; detecting a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, where the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time: in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activating the second button; and in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, preventing the second button from being activated.
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18 Claims
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1. A multifunction device, comprising:
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a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons, wherein each respective unconditionally enabled button of the one or more unconditionally enabled buttons is always responsive to an activation input on the respective unconditionally enabled button while the soft keyboard is displayed; detecting a first input with a first button at a first time; detecting a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, wherein the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time; in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activating the second button; and in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, preventing the second button from being activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
at a multifunction device with a touch screen display; displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons, wherein each respective unconditionally enabled button of the one or more unconditionally enabled buttons is always responsive to an activation input on the respective unconditionally enabled button while the soft keyboard is displayed; detecting a first input with a first button at a first time; detecting a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, wherein the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time; in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activating the second button; and in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, preventing the second button from being activated. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:
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display a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons, wherein each respective unconditionally enabled button of the one or more unconditionally enabled buttons is always responsive to an activation input on the respective unconditionally enabled button while the soft keyboard is displayed; detect a first input with a first button at a first time; detect a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, wherein the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time; in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activate the second button; and in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, prevent the second button from being activated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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