Method and device for editing workspace data objects

• US 9,558,476 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Good Technology Holdings Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Siavash James Joorabchian
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yi, Rinna
• Application Number:
  US12/829,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,406 Days
• Field of Search: 715/702, 715/765, 715/810, 715/206, 715/738, 715/779, 715/792, 715/863, 709/217, 707/206, 707/769
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and devices for associating a first workspace data object with a first workspace service and for determining characteristics of the association of the first workspace data object with the first workspace service. The methods and devices described herein relate to receiving touch-screen based input in a plurality of display areas of a display to make the associations.

Claims

1. A portable computing device, comprising:

a touch-screen display configured to receive touch-screen input;

a memory comprising computer-executable software; and

a processor in data communication with the touch-screen display and the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable software and receive data relating to touch-screen input from the touch-screen display in order to cause the portable computing device to;

display, on the touch-screen display, a first user interface configuration, the first user interface configuration being displayed by a first application associated with a first workspace service, the first user interface configuration including a first area comprising a first selectable element and a second area comprising a second selectable element, wherein the first selectable element corresponds to a first workspace data object associated with the first workspace service provided by the first application and the second selectable element corresponds to a second workspace service provided by a second application, different from the first application;

receive, on the touch-screen display, a first touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the first selectable element associated with the first application;

receive, on the touch-screen display, a second touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the second selectable element associated with the second application, different from the first application;

display, on the touch-screen display, a second user interface configuration associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application, different from the first application in response to receiving the first touch-screen input and the second touch-screen input, the second user interface configuration including a third area and a fourth area, the third area of the second user interface configuration replacing the first area of the first user interface configuration and the fourth area of the second user interface configuration replacing the second area of the first user interface configuration;

display, on the touch-screen display, in the fourth area of the second user interface configuration, a third selectable element, wherein the third selectable element corresponds to a second workspace data object associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application;

receive, on the touch-screen display, a third touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the third selectable element associated with the second application; and

populate the second workspace data object with data from the first workspace data object in response to receiving the first touch-screen input, the second touch-screen input, and the third touch-screen input.

2. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the first workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

3. The portable computing device according to claim 2, wherein the second workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

4. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the portable computing device to:

display on the touch-screen display, a workspace service editor user interface associated with the second workspace service and configured to edit the second workspace data object.

5. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the data from the first workspace data object comprises at least a first workspace data characteristic configured to populate a second workspace data characteristic associated with the second workspace data object.

6. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the first, second or third touch-screen input comprises a movement input followed by a pause input.

7. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third touch screen inputs are continuous inputs on the touch-screen display.

8. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the portable computing device further comprises:

a network interface configured to;

connect to a remote data processing device via a communications network; and

transmit one or more of the first workspace data object or the second workspace data object to the remote data processing device via the communications network.

9. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the portable computing device further comprises:

a network interface configured to;

connect to a remote data processing device via a communications network; and

receive the one or more of first workspace data object or the second workspace data object from the remote data processing device via the communications network.

10. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable software and receive data relating to touch-screen input from the touch-screen display in order to cause the portable computing device to:

determine that the first touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the first selectable element in the first area of the first user interface configuration is received before the second touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the second selectable element in the second area of the first user interface configuration, the first selectable element corresponding to the first workspace data object associated with the first workspace service, the second selectable element corresponding to the second workspace service; and

wherein displaying the second user interface configuration comprises displaying the second user interface configuration in response to determining that the first touch-screen input is received before the second touch-screen input, the second user interface configuration including the third area and the fourth area, the third area of the second user interface configuration replacing the first area of the first user interface configuration and the fourth area of the second user interface configuration replacing the second area of the first user interface configuration.

11. The portable computing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable software and receive data relating to touch-screen input from the touch-screen display in order to cause the portable computing device to:

determine that the first touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the first selectable element in the first area of the first user interface configuration is received after the second touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the second selectable element in the second area of the first user interface configuration, the first selectable element corresponding to the first workspace data object associated with the first workspace service, the second selectable element corresponding to the second workspace service; and

wherein displaying the second user interface configuration comprises displaying the second user interface configuration in response to determining that the first touch-screen input is received after the second touch-screen input, the second user interface configuration including the third area and the fourth area, the third area of the second user interface configuration being the same as the first area of the first user interface configuration and the fourth area of the second user interface configuration replacing the second area of the first user interface configuration.

12. A method for editing workspace data objects in a portable computing device comprising a touch-screen display, the method comprising:

displaying, on the touch-screen display, a first user interface configuration, the first user interface configuration being displayed by a first application associated with a first workspace service, the first user interface configuration including a first area comprising a first selectable element and second area comprising a second selectable element, wherein the first selectable element corresponds to a first workspace data object associated with the first workspace service provided by the first application and the second selectable element corresponds to a second workspace service provided by a second application, different from the first application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a first touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the first selectable element associated with the first application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a second touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the second selectable element associated with the second application, different from the first application;

displaying, on the touch-screen display, a second user interface configuration associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application, different from the first application in response to receiving the first touch-screen input and the second touch-screen input, the second user interface configuration including a third area and a fourth area, the third area of the second user interface configuration replacing the first area of the first user interface configuration and the fourth area of the second user interface configuration replacing the second area of the first user interface configuration;

displaying, on the touch-screen display, in the fourth area of the second user interface configuration, a third selectable element, wherein the third selectable element corresponds to a second workspace data object associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a third touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the third selectable element associated with the second application; and

populating the second workspace data object with data from the first workspace data object in response to receiving the first touch-screen input, the second touch-screen input, the third touch-screen input.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the first workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying, on the touch-screen display, a workspace service editor user interface associated with the second workspace service and configured to edit the second workspace data object.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein populating the second workspace data object comprises transferring data between a first workspace data characteristic associated with the first workspace data object and a second workspace data characteristic associated with the second workspace data object.

17. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a portable computing device comprising a touch-screen display, cause the portable computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying, on the touch-screen display, first user interface configuration, the first user interface configuration being displayed by a first application associated with a first workspace service, the first user interface configuration including a first area comprising a first selectable element and a second area comprising a second selectable element, wherein the first selectable element corresponds to a first workspace data object associated with the first workspace service provided by the first application and the second selectable element corresponds to a second workspace service provided by a second application, different from the first application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a first touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the first selectable element associated with the first application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a second touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the second selectable element associated with the second application, different from the first application;

displaying, on the touch-screen display, a second user interface configuration associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application, different from the first application in response to receiving the first touch-screen input and the second touch-screen input, the second user interface configuration including a third area and a fourth area, the third area of the second user interface configuration replacing the first area of the first user interface configuration and the fourth area of the second user interface configuration replacing the second area of the first user interface configuration;

displaying, on the touch-screen display, in the fourth area of the second user interface configuration, a third selectable element, wherein the third selectable element corresponds to a second workspace data object associated with the second workspace service provided by the second application;

receiving, on the touch-screen display, a third touch-screen input corresponding to the selection of the third selectable element associated with the second application; and

populating the second workspace data object with data from the first workspace data object in response to receiving the first touch-screen input, the second touch-screen input, and the third touch-screen input.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the first workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the second workspace service is one of an email application, a contact application, a calendar application, a task application, a document management application, a messaging application, or a social network application.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, on the touch-screen display, a workspace service editor user interface associated with the second workspace service and configured to edit the second workspace data object.

21. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein populating the second workspace data object comprises transferring data between a first workspace data characteristic associated with the first workspace data object and a second workspace data characteristic associated with the second workspace data object.