Device, method, and graphical user interface with interactive popup views

• US 9,569,102 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lemay, Stephen O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US14/253,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method of operating a multifunction device includes: displaying a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view, and in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application. The popup view corresponds to a full-screen-width view in a corresponding first application on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device. The method further includes: detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, and in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, performing an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application.

Claims

1. A first 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 respective view of a first application on the touch screen display,

wherein the respective view of the first application includes first content of the first application;

detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view;

in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application, wherein the popup view includes second content of the first application, and wherein the popup view has a horizontal resolution that is the same as a horizontal resolution that a full-screen-width view of a corresponding first application has when displayed on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device;

detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view;

in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, performing an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application, wherein updating the state of the first application includes changing the first content of the respective view of the first application in accordance with the second touch gesture within the popup view; and

ceasing to display the popup view.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the popup view is implemented by executable instructions substantially the same as executable instructions that implement the full-screen-width view in the corresponding first application on the second multifunction device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application and ceases display of the popup view.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the popup view has a lateral resolution equal to a lateral resolution of the second multifunction device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the popup view has a width equal to a screen width of the second multifunction device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the second multifunction device is a multifunction mobile telephone.

8. The device of claim 1, further including instructions for, while displaying the popup view, detecting rotation of the first multifunctional device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, and upon detecting the rotation, converting the popup view into a sidebar view alongside the respective view.

9. A method, comprising:

at a first multifunction device with a touch screen display;

displaying a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, wherein the respective view of the first application includes first content of the first application;

detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view;

in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application, wherein the popup view includes second content of the first application, and wherein the popup view has a horizontal resolution that is the same as a horizontal resolution that a full-screen-width view of a corresponding first application has when displayed on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device;

detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view;

in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, performing an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application, wherein updating the state of the first application includes changing the first content of the respective view of the first application in accordance with the second touch gesture within the popup view; and

ceasing to display the popup view.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the popup view is implemented by executable instructions substantially the same as executable instructions that implement the full-screen-width view in the corresponding first application on the second multifunction device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application and ceases display of the popup view.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the popup view has a lateral resolution equal to a lateral resolution of the second multifunction device.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the popup view has a width equal to a screen width of the second multifunction device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the second multifunction device is a multifunction mobile telephone.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

while displaying the popup view, detecting rotation of the first multifunctional device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, and upon detecting the rotation, converting the popup view into a sidebar view alongside the respective view.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a first multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, wherein the respective view of the first application includes first content of the first application;

detect a first touch gesture within the respective view;

in response to detecting the first touch gesture, display a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application, wherein the popup view includes second content of the first application, and wherein the popup view has a horizontal resolution that is the same as a horizontal resolution that a full-screen-width view of a corresponding first application has when displayed on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device;

detect one or more second touch gestures within the popup view;

in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, perform an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application, wherein updating the state of the first application includes changing the first content of the respective view of the first application in accordance with the second touch gesture within the popup view; and

cease to display the popup view.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the popup view is implemented by executable instructions substantially the same as executable instructions that implement the full-screen-width view in the corresponding first application on the second multifunction device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein performing the action in the first application updates the respective view of the first application and ceases display of the popup view.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the popup view has a lateral resolution equal to a lateral resolution of the second multifunction device.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the popup view has a width equal to a screen width of the second multifunction device.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the second multifunction device is a multifunction mobile telephone.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

while displaying the popup view, detect rotation of the first multifunctional device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, and upon detecting the rotation, convert the popup view into a sidebar view alongside the respective view.