Replacing display of icons in response to a gesture

• US 10,628,028 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2017
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Herz, Scott M., Chaudhri, Imran, Christie, Gregory N.
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen, Kc
• Application Number:
  US15/426,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20170147198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A computing device with a touch screen display displays a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including application launch icons; displays a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, the second plurality of icons including application launch icons, wherein the second area is different from the first area; detects a finger swipe gesture in the first area; and, in response, replaces display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; 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;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area;

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a first direction, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons; and

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of icons includes one or more web-clip widget icons, wherein in response to detecting activation of a web-clip widget icon, a portion of a web page that corresponds to the activated web-clip widget icon is displayed.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display comprises an animation that moves the first set out of the first area and the second set into the first area while display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch-screen display is maintained.

4. The computing device of claim 1, further including instructions for:

detecting a second finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the second finger gesture was detected.

5. The computing device of claim 1, further including instructions for:

detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, replacing display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display;

and further including instructions for;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

7. The computing device of claim 6, further including instructions for:

detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.

9. A method, comprising:

at a computing device with a touch screen display;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area;

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a first direction, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons; and

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display comprises an animation that moves the first set out of the first area and the second set into the first area while display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch-screen display is maintained.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting a second finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the second finger gesture was detected.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, replacing display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, the method further comprising:

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

display a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area;

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a first direction, replace display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons; and

in accordance with a determination that the first finger swipe gesture is in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, replace display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display comprises an animation that moves the first set out of the first area and the second set into the first area while display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch-screen display is maintained.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, further including instructions for:

detecting a second finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the second finger gesture was detected.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, further including instructions for:

detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, replacing display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display;

and further including instructions for;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further including instructions for:

detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set in the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.