Displaying a plurality of selectable actions

• US 10,120,557 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Eppolito, Mark Joseph, Piper, Shawn, Fasching, Brandon, Tobar, Jessica, Murray, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Sang H
• Application Number:
  US14/252,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,667 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An item page may be displayed on a client device in response to a request to view an item page from the client device. They item page may include a description of the item. An icon may be generated and the icon may be displayed within a portion of the displayed item page at an icon location. A plurality of selectable actions each being performable with respect to the item described by the item page may be generated and displayed in response to an initial gesture being performed at the icon location for at least a pre-defined threshold duration. Lastly, the plurality of selectable actions may be displayed around the generated icon and within a pre-defined distance from the icon location of the generated icon.

Claims

1. A method performed by a processor of a machine, the method comprising:

displaying an item page on a client device in response to a request to view an item from the client device, the item page including a description of the item;

generating an icon that corresponds to an icon location within a portion of the item page;

generating a plurality of selectable graphical actions each being an action that may be selected, by way of selection of a corresponding icon, to be performed with respect to the item described by the item page said graphical actions corresponding to one or more of an action to purchase the item, bid on the item, or add the item to a shopping cart;

displaying the generated icon within the portion of the item page at the icon location;

displaying, in response to an initial gesture being performed at the icon location, the generated plurality of selectable graphical actions represented by the respective icons radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from the icon location of the generated icon;

generating a further plurality of selectable actions; and

displaying, responsive to selection of at least one of the graphical actions, the further plurality of selectable actions radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from an action location of said selected graphical action, at least some of the further plurality of selectable actions expanding radially outwardly of the individual graphical actions represented by a respective icon and wherein said graphical action corresponding to the action to bid on the item is configured to, when selected, display a range of selectable values that can be selected to bid on the item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of the initial gesture being performed within the portion of the item page at the icon location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

highlighting the selectable graphical action selected by the selection gesture at the action location within the pre-defined distance from the icon location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection gesture is performed from the icon location of the generated icon to the action location of the selected action.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated icon is moveable from the icon location to a further icon location within the displayed item page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a transparency of the generated icon increases in response to a gesture being performed outside the icon location of the generated icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable graphical actions includes an action for adding the item displayed in the item page to a wish list.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request to view an item from a client device;

displaying an item page on the client device in response to the request to view the item from the client device, the item page including a description of the item;

generating an icon that corresponds to an icon location within a portion of the item page;

generating a plurality of selectable graphical actions each being an action that may be selected, by way of a corresponding icon, to be performed with respect to the item described by the item page, said graphical actions corresponding to one or more of an action to purchase the item, bid on the item, or add the item to a shopping cart;

displaying the generated icon within the portion of the item page at the icon location;

displaying, in response to an initial gesture being performed at the icon location, the generated plurality of selectable graphical actions represented by the respective icons radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from the icon location of the generated icon;

generating a further plurality of selectable actions; and

displaying, responsive to selection of at least one of the graphical actions, the further plurality of selectable actions radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from an action location of said selected graphical action, at least some of the further plurality of selectable actions expanding radially outwardly of the individual graphical actions represented by a respective icon and wherein said graphical action corresponding to the action to bid on the item is configured to, when selected, display a range of selectable values that can be selected to bid on the item.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication of the initial gesture being performed within the portion of the item page at the icon location.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise highlighting the action selected by the selection gesture at the action location within the pre-defined distance from the icon location.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the generated icon is moveable from the icon location to a further icon location within the displayed item page.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein a transparency of the generated icon increases in response to a gesture being performed outside the icon location of the generated icon by a user operating the client device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of selectable graphical actions includes an action for adding the item displayed in the item page to a wish list.

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

displaying an item page on a client device in response to a request to view an item from the client device, the item page including a description of the item;

generating an icon that corresponds to an icon location within a portion of the item page;

generating a plurality of selectable graphical actions each being an action that may be selected, by way of selection of a corresponding icon, to be performed with respect to the item described by the item page, said graphical actions corresponding to one or more of an action to purchase the item, bid on the item, or add the item to a shopping cart;

displaying the generated icon within the portion of the item page at the icon location;

displaying, in response to an initial gesture being performed at the icon location, the generated plurality of selectable graphical actions represented by the respective icons radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from the icon location of the generated icon;

generating a further plurality of selectable actions; and

displaying, responsive to selection of at least one of the graphical actions, the further plurality of selectable actions radially around the generated icon within a pre-defined distance from an action location of said selected graphical action, at least some of the further plurality of selectable actions expanding radially outwardly of the individual graphical actions represented by a respective icon and wherein said graphical action corresponding to the action to bid on the item is configured to, when selected, display a range of selectable values that can be selected to bid on the item.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, the operations further comprising receiving an indication of the initial gesture being performed within the portion of the item page at the icon location.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

highlighting the selectable graphical action selected by the selection gesture at the action location within the pre-defined distance from the icon location.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the selection gesture is performed from the icon location of the generated icon to the action location of the selected action.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the generated icon is moveable from the icon location to a further icon location within the displayed item page.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein a transparency of the generated icon increases in response to a gesture being performed outside the icon location of the generated icon.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of selectable graphical actions includes an action for adding the item displayed in the item page to a wish list.