User interface for controlling data navigation

• US 10,088,993 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2015
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Hall, Christopher Michael, MacLaurin, Matthew Bret
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William
• Application Number:
  US14/985,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20160291848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 715773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Systems and methods for navigation control for mobile devices are provided. In example embodiments, a navigation system causes presentation of a navigation icon at a user interface. Navigation between a plurality of pages at the user interface is initiated with a single tap and hold action. In response to a drag motion, following the single tap and hold action without releasing the hold action, information display at the user interface is adjusted, thereby enabling navigating between multiple information content with a single tap, hold, and drag action of the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform operations comprising;

causing presentation of a navigation icon at a user interface, wherein the navigation icon includes a representation of a joystick;

initiating navigation between a plurality of pages at the user interface with a single tap and hold action, wherein the tap and hold action occurs within a boundary of the navigation icon, and wherein the navigation icon includes a position indicator within the boundary of the navigation icon showing a direction of current navigation;

in response to a drag motion, following the single tap and hold action without releasing the hold action, adjusting information display at the user interface, wherein the drag motion is initiated within the boundary of the navigation icon and displaced using a dragging motion following a trajectory from inside the boundary of the navigation icon to outside of the boundary of the navigation icon.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the navigation icon is presented at a default location, the default location being based on the hand dominance of a user.

3. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprise:

accessing historical user input information;

determining a location preference for positioning the navigation icon using the historical user input information; and

wherein the presentation of the navigation icon is displayed at the determined location preference.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the historical user input information includes the position of the tap and hold action and the direction of the drag motion relative to the position of the tap and hold action.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the information display is adjusted at a speed associated with a speed of the drag motion.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the information display is adjusted at a speed associated with the location of the drag motion within the user interface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the information display is adjusted at a sensitivity associated with a pixel sensitivity based on a user preference.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the sensitivity is variable depending on the displacement of the drag motion.

9. A method comprising:

causing, by a computer system, presentation of a navigation icon at a user interface, wherein the navigation icon includes a representation of a joystick;

initiating, by the computer system, navigation between a plurality of pages at the user interface with a single tap and hold action, wherein the tap and hold action occurs within a boundary of the navigation icon, and wherein the navigation icon includes a position indicator within the boundary of the navigation icon showing a direction of current navigation; and

in response to a drag motion, following the single tap and hold action without releasing the hold action, adjusting, by the computer system, information display at the user interface, wherein the drag motion is initiated within the boundary of the navigation icon and displaced using a dragging motion following a trajectory from inside the boundary of the navigation icon to outside of the boundary of the navigation icon.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the navigation icon is presented at a default location, the default location being based on the hand dominance of a user.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

accessing historical user input information;

determining a location preference for positioning the navigation icon using the historical user input information; and

wherein the presentation of the navigation icon is displayed at the determined location preference.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the historical user input information includes the position of the tap and hold action and the direction of the drag motion relative to the position of the tap and hold action.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the information display is adjusted at a sensitivity associated with a pixel sensitivity based on a user preference; and

adjusting the sensitivity based on the displacement of the drag motion.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

causing presentation of a navigation icon at a user interface, wherein the navigation icon includes a representation of a joystick;

initiating navigation between a plurality of pages at the user interface with a single tap and hold action, wherein the tap and hold action occurs within a boundary of the navigation icon, and wherein the navigation icon includes a position indicator within the boundary of the navigation icon showing a direction of current navigation; and

in response to a drag motion, following the single tap and hold action without releasing the hold action, adjusting information display at the user interface, wherein the drag motion is initiated within the boundary of the navigation icon and displaced using a dragging motion following a trajectory from inside the boundary of the navigation icon to outside of the boundary of the navigation icon.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

accessing historical user input information;

determining a location preference for positioning the navigation icon using the historical user input information; and

wherein the presentation of the navigation icon is displayed at the determined location preference.