Motions for displaying additional content

• US 9,524,036 B1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cassidy, Ryan Hastings, Myers, Robert King
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam, Abbas
• Application Number:
  US13/794,573
• Time in Patent Office: 1,380 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

Various types of content can be displayed through an interface of a computing device. Portions of this content, such as words or alphanumeric characters, can have a visual identifier displayed proximate those portions. The identifiers can indicate the availability of additional content, such as one or more alternative spellings or corrections, links to additional information, alternative views, and links to contact information for a name in an address book. In one example, a default viewing orientation of the computing device can be determined for a user viewing the content on the interface. Upon detecting a rotation of the computing device, a banner or other graphical element is displayed for each of the displayed portions that are associated with a visual identifier on the interface. Accordingly, a user can select one of those elements to receive the additional information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,

displaying text on an interface of a computing device, the text including a plurality of text portions;

determining a text portion of the plurality of text portions for which additional information is available;

displaying a visual indicator associated with the text portion;

determining a current orientation of the computing device;

detecting a rotation of the computing device of at least a threshold amount about a determined axis; and

displaying a banner for the text portion including at least a portion of the additional information for the text portion.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a location of a head of a user relative to a front face of the computing device; and

adjusting an appearance of the banner, based at least in part, upon the location of the head of the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

detecting an input indicative of a user selection of the banner; and

displaying the additional information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator is an indication of availability of the additional information for the text portion, and wherein the additional information for the text portion includes at least one of an alternative text portion, a definition, an image, audio, video, or a link to a web page associated with the additional information.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting an input indicative of a user selection of the banner; and

substituting the text portion with an alternative text portion.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an amount of the rotation using at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or image information captured using at least one camera of the computing device;

determining the amount of the rotation is greater than a first threshold;

animating a display of a portion of the banner;

determining the amount of the rotation is greater than a second threshold; and

animating a full display of the banner.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a viewing orientation of the computing device, based at least in part, on a position of a portion of a user viewing the text, wherein the rotation is detected based on a detected change in the viewing orientation.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator is displayed as an overlay on top of the text and adjacent to the text portion.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator is an indication of a misspelled word in the text, and wherein the banner includes an alternative word suggestion for the misspelled word.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting an input indicative of a selection of the banner associated with the misspelled word; and

substituting the misspelled word with the alternative word suggestion.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the additional information is at least one of a link to glossary entry, a link to a wiki page, an annotation, an image associated with the text portion, a link to a webpage, a link to product information for a product associated with the text portion, a link to contact information for a contact in an address book, or a definition.

12. A computing device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to;

display text on an interface of the computing device, the text including a plurality of text portions;

determine a text portion of the plurality of text portions for which additional information is available;

display a visual indicator associated with the text portion;

determine a current orientation of the computing device;

detect a rotation of the computing device of at least a threshold amount about a determined axis; and

display a banner for the text portion including at least a portion of the additional information for the text portion.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the computing device to:

determine an amount of the rotation is greater than a first threshold;

animate a display of a portion of the banner;

determine the amount of the rotation is greater than a second threshold; and

animate a full display of the banner.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the rotation is detected using at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or image information captured using at least one camera of the computing device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

display text on an interface of the computing device, the text including a plurality of text portions;

determine a text portion of the plurality of text portions for which additional information is available;

display a visual indicator associated with the text portion;

determine a current orientation of the computing device;

detect a rotation of the computing device of at least a threshold amount about a determined axis; and

display a banner for the text portion including at least a portion of the additional information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the visual indicator is an indication of a misspelled word in the text, and wherein the banner includes an alternative word suggestion for the misspelled word.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the computing device to:

detect an input indicative of a selection of the banner associated with the misspelled word; and

substitute the misspelled word with the alternative word suggestion.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the additional information is at least one of a link to glossary entry, a link to a wiki page, an annotation, an image associated with the text portion, a link to a webpage, a link to product information for a product associated with the text portion, a link to contact information for a contact in an address book, or a definition.