Systems and methods for gesture-based formatting
First Claim
1. An electronic input and display device, comprising:
- an electronic display for displaying text;
a gesture input device for receiving at least one type of gesture input;
a processor in communication with the electronic display and the gesture input device; and
a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for formatting text displayed on the electronic display, the operations comprising;
associating each of a plurality of text formatting rules along a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule to a last formatting rule;
displaying text via the electronic display with a current formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules applied to the text;
receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display;
associating the first gesture input with advancement along the sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a next formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules; and
applying the next formatting rule to the text,wherein the electronic display comprises a touchscreen display,wherein the gesture input device comprises a touchscreen digitizer associated with the touchscreen display, andwherein the at least one type of gesture input includes one of a two-finger pinch/spread gesture input, a two-finger tap gesture input, a two-finger twist gesture input, a single-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a single-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, and a press and hold gesture input.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.
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7 Claims
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1. An electronic input and display device, comprising:
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an electronic display for displaying text; a gesture input device for receiving at least one type of gesture input; a processor in communication with the electronic display and the gesture input device; and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for formatting text displayed on the electronic display, the operations comprising; associating each of a plurality of text formatting rules along a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule to a last formatting rule; displaying text via the electronic display with a current formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules applied to the text; receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display; associating the first gesture input with advancement along the sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a next formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules; and applying the next formatting rule to the text, wherein the electronic display comprises a touchscreen display, wherein the gesture input device comprises a touchscreen digitizer associated with the touchscreen display, and wherein the at least one type of gesture input includes one of a two-finger pinch/spread gesture input, a two-finger tap gesture input, a two-finger twist gesture input, a single-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a single-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, and a press and hold gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic input and display device, comprising:
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an electronic display for displaying text; a gesture input device for receiving at least one type of gesture input; a processor in communication with the electronic display and the gesture input device; and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for formatting text displayed on the electronic display, the operations comprising; associating each of a plurality of text formatting rules along a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule to a last formatting rule; displaying text via the electronic display with a current formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules applied to the text; receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display; associating the first gesture input with advancement along the sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a next formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules; applying the next formatting rule to the text; receiving a second gesture input via the gesture input device; identifying the second gesture input as a long swipe gesture input; associating the second, long swipe gesture input with advancement along the sequential continuum of formatting rules in the first direction by two formatting rule positions; and applying an other formatting rule from the sequential continuum of formatting rules to the text, wherein there is a skipped formatting rule in the sequential continuum of formatting rules between the current formatting rule and the other formatting rule.
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