Devices and methods for processing touch inputs with instructions in a web page

• US 9,830,048 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Dakin, Beth M., Jackson, Dean R., Weinig, Samuel M., Lee, Jonathan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHUANG, JUNG-MU T
• Application Number:
  US14/866,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device, while displaying a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of a web page on a display, detects a touch input on a touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display. While detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, the electronic device detects an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, determines whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a first intensity threshold to above the first intensity threshold, and in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the first intensity threshold to above the first intensity threshold, generates a force down event that is distinct from a mouse down event.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the touch-sensitive surface includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface; and

the electronic device stores a web browser application that includes instructions for processing force down events and a web page that includes instructions for processing force down events;

while displaying, using the web browser application, a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of the web page on the display, detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied;

generating a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event; and

disabling the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events; and

,

after generating the will begin event;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

 

generating a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event;

 

forgoing execution of the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events, and thereby forgoing processing of the force down event by said instructions in the web browser application; and

 

updating the user interface by executing the instructions, in the web page, for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

2. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, receiving an input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event; and

,

in response to receiving the input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event, generating the mouse down event.

3. The method of claim 2, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a mouse-down intensity threshold that is distinct from the force-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the mouse-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold, generating a mouse down event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the mouse-down intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

subsequent to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold, determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above a force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above the force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold, generating a force up event that is distinct from the force down event.

6. The method of claim 1, including:

generating a tactile output that corresponds to the force down event using a tactile output module that is distinct and separate from the web browser application, wherein the tactile output that corresponds to the force down event is generated concurrently with executing the instructions in the web page for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

7. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed, generating a force changed event.

8. The method of claim 7, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed and determining that the touch input has not moved across the touch-sensitive surface, generating the force changed event without generating a mouse moved event.

9. The method of claim 7, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting an input that includes a movement of the touch input and a change in the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, generating one or more mouse moved events that correspond to the touch input and generating one or more force changed events that correspond to the touch input, wherein the one or more force changed events are separate from the one or more mouse moved events.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the web browser application includes instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event; and

the method includes, in accordance with generating the will begin event, disabling the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing the particular type of force event.

11. The method of claim 1, including:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force event preview criteria are satisfied;

in accordance with a determination that the web page does not include instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event, processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the web page includes instructions for processing the particular type of force event, forgoing processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a first user interface object;

the web page includes instructions, corresponding to the first user interface object, for processing mouse down events; and

the instructions in the web page for processing force down events correspond to the first user interface object.

13. The method of claim 1, including:

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, wherein the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold; and

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, generating the will begin event.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein:

updating the user interface include updating the user interface in conjunction with the generation of the force down event.

15. The method of claim 1, including transmitting the will begin event to the web page, wherein the will begin event enables the web page to perform one or more actions before the intensity of the touch input increases above the force-down intensity threshold.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory storing a web browser application that includes instructions for processing force down events and a web page that includes instructions for processing force down events; 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;

while displaying, using the web browser application, a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of the web page on the display, detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied;

generating a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event; and

disabling the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events; and

,

after generating the will begin event;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

 

generating a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event;

 

forgoing execution of the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events, and thereby forgoing processing of the force down event by said instructions in the web browser application; and

 

updating the user interface by executing the instructions, in the web page, for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the web browser application includes instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event; and

the one or more programs include instructions for, in accordance with generating the will begin event, disabling the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing the particular type of force event.

18. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, receiving an input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event; and

,

in response to receiving the input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event, generating the mouse down event.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a mouse-down intensity threshold that is distinct from the force-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the mouse-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold, generating a mouse down event.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein:

the mouse-down intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold.

21. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

subsequent to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold, determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above a force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above the force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold, generating a force up event that is distinct from the force down event.

22. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

generating a tactile output that corresponds to the force down event using a tactile output module that is distinct and separate from the web browser application, wherein the tactile output that corresponds to the force down event is generated concurrently with executing the instructions in the web page for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

23. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed, generating a force changed event.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed and determining that the touch input has not moved across the touch-sensitive surface, generating the force changed event without generating a mouse moved event.

25. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting an input that includes a movement of the touch input and a change in the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, generating one or more mouse moved events that correspond to the touch input and generating one or more force changed events that correspond to the touch input, wherein the one or more force changed events are separate from the one or more mouse moved events.

26. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force event preview criteria are satisfied;

in accordance with a determination that the web page does not include instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event, processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the web page includes instructions for processing the particular type of force event, forgoing processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event.

27. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a first user interface object;

the web page includes instructions, corresponding to the first user interface object, for processing mouse down events; and

the instructions in the web page for processing force down events correspond to the first user interface object.

28. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

determining whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, wherein the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold; and

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, generating the will begin event.

29. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

updating the user interface include updating the user interface in conjunction with the generation of the force down event.

30. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for transmitting the will begin event to the web page, wherein the will begin event enables the web page to perform one or more actions before the intensity of the touch input increases above the force-down intensity threshold.

31. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device that stores a web browser application that includes instructions for processing force down events and a web page that includes instructions for processing force down events and includes a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

while displaying, using the web browser application, a user interface that corresponds to at least a portion of the web page on the display, detect a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a first location that corresponds to the displayed portion of the web page on the display; and

,

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

detect an intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force-event-will-begin criteria are satisfied;

generate a will begin event that is distinct from a mouse down event; and

disable the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events; and

,

after generating the will begin event;

determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold;

generate a force down event that is distinct from the mouse down event and the will begin event;

forgo execution of the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing force down events, and thereby forgoing processing of the force down event by said instructions in the web browser application; and

update the user interface by executing the instructions, in the web page, for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein:

the web browser application includes instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event; and

the one or more programs include instructions for, in accordance with generating the will begin event, disabling the instructions, in the web browser application, for processing the particular type of force event.

33. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, receive an input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event; and

,

in response to receiving the input that corresponds to a request to generate a mouse down event, generate the mouse down event.

34. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a mouse-down intensity threshold that is distinct from the force-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the mouse-down intensity threshold to above the mouse-down intensity threshold, generate a mouse down event.

35. The computer readable storage medium of claim 34, wherein:

the mouse-down intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold.

36. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

subsequent to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-down intensity threshold to above the force-down intensity threshold, determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above a force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from above the force-up intensity threshold to below the force-up intensity threshold, generate a force up event that is distinct from the force down event.

37. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

generate a tactile output that corresponds to the force down event using a tactile output module that is distinct and separate from the web browser application, wherein the tactile output that corresponds to the force down event is generated concurrently with executing the instructions in the web page for processing force down events so as to process the force down event.

38. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed; and

,

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed, generate a force changed event.

39. The computer readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed and determining that the touch input has not moved across the touch-sensitive surface, generate the force changed event without generating a mouse moved event.

40. The computer readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting an input that includes a movement of the touch input and a change in the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, generate one or more mouse moved events that correspond to the touch input and generate one or more force changed events that correspond to the touch input, wherein the one or more force changed events are separate from the one or more mouse moved events.

41. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while detecting the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to determining that force event preview criteria are satisfied;

in accordance with a determination that the web page does not include instructions for processing a particular type of force event that is distinct from the force down event, process the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the web page includes instructions for processing the particular type of force event, forgo processing the touch input in accordance with instructions in the web browser application for processing the particular type of force event.

42. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein:

the first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a first user interface object;

the web page includes instructions, corresponding to the first user interface object, for processing mouse down events; and

the instructions in the web page for processing force down events correspond to the first user interface object.

43. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

determine whether the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below a force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, wherein the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold is lower than the force-down intensity threshold; and

in response to determining that the intensity of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface has changed from below the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold to above the force-event-will-begin intensity threshold, generate the will begin event.

44. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

update the user interface include updating the user interface in conjunction with the generation of the force down event.

45. The computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein:

the one or more programs include instructions, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to transmit the will begin event to the web page; and

the will begin event enables the web page to perform one or more actions before the intensity of the touch input increases above the force-down intensity threshold.