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Systems and methods for content-aware selection

  • US 9,785,240 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2013
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method performed in a computerized system comprising a central processing unit, a display device and a memory, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • a. displaying a segmented content on the display device, wherein the content is segmented using a plurality of content segmentation boundaries comprising word boundaries, sentence boundaries, paragraph boundaries or chapter boundaries located within the content;

    b. detecting an initial selection of a portion of the displayed segmented content by a user and marking a boundary of the selected portion of the displayed segmented content on the display device;

    c. while continuing to mark on the display device the boundary of the selected portion, detecting a swipe or flick gesture of the user outside of the marked boundary of the selected portion of the displayed segmented content, wherein a starting point of the detected user gesture is outside of a start portion of the boundary and an end portion of the boundary of the selected portion;

    d. responsive to the detecting of the gesture, using the central processing unit to reposition at least a portion of the boundary of the initially selected portion of the displayed segmented content based on at least one characteristic of the gesture and the segmentation of the content, wherein a location of the detected gesture in relation to the selected portion of the displayed content determines whether the start portion of the boundary of the selected portion of the displayed content or the end portion of the boundary of the selected portion of the displayed content is repositioned, wherein when the gesture is detected above the selected portion of the displayed segmented content, the start portion of the boundary of the selected portion of the displayed content is repositioned and when the gesture is detected below the selected portion of the displayed segmented content, the end portion of the boundary of the selected portion of the displayed content is repositioned and wherein the portion of the boundary of the selected portion of the displayed content is repositioned based on the word boundaries, sentence boundaries, paragraph boundaries or chapter boundaries located within the content; and

    e. marking the repositioned boundary of the selected portion of the segmented content on the display device.

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