User interface based on viewable area of a display

• US 10,754,492 B1
• Filed: 05/07/2018
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) (X Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Brichter, Loren, Rechis, Leland
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tam T
• Application Number:
  US15/972,473
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 3/0481 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174

Abstract

A method for displaying content in a computing device including a display, the method including: displaying content in a viewable area of the display; detecting, by the display, an input associated with the content; and shifting, in response to the input, at least a portion of the content of the viewable area to display a non-modal view, where the non-modal view and the shifted content are concurrently available for user interaction after shifting the portion of the content.

Claims

1. A method for displaying content on a touchscreen display of a computer device, the method comprising:

displaying in a viewable area of the touchscreen display, a stack including one or more movable panels, the stack including a second panel at least partially overlapping a first panel;

based on detecting a first touch input for a second panel, sliding the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area, wherein the first panel and the second panel are concurrently available for user interaction after the sliding of the second panel; and

based on detecting a second touch input for the second panel while the second panel is partly outside the viewable area, sliding the second panel to overlap the first panel and sliding a third panel from outside the viewable area to overlap the second panel.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first panel comprises a list of messages.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

updating content of the second panel based on selecting one of the messages of the first panel.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first touch input comprises a slide gesture.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second panel does not overlap the first panel after the sliding of the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions for displaying content, the plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor of a computer device comprising touchscreen display to enable the computer device to at least:

display, in a viewable area of the touchscreen display, a stack including one or more movable panels, the stack including a second panel at least partially overlapping a first panel;

based on detecting a first touch input for the second panel, slide the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area, wherein the first panel and the second panel are concurrently available for user interaction after the sliding of the second panel; and

based on detecting a second touch input for the second panel while the second panel is partly outside the viewable area, slide the second panel to overlap the first panel and slide a third panel from outside the viewable area to overlap the second panel.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the first panel comprises a list of messages.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of instructions further enable the computer device to:

update content of the second panel based on selecting one of the messages of the first panel.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the first touch input comprises a slide gesture.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the second panel does not overlap the first panel after the sliding of the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area.

11. A computer device, comprising:

a touchscreen display;

a computer processor configured to control the computer device to at least;

display, in a viewable area of the touchscreen display, a stack including one or more movable panels, the stack including a second panel at least partially overlapping a first panel;

based on detecting a first touch input for the second panel, slide the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area, wherein the first panel and the second panel are concurrently available for user interaction after the sliding of the second panel; and

based on detecting a second touch input for the second panel while the second panel is partly outside the viewable area, slide the second panel to overlap the first panel and slide a third panel from outside the viewable area to overlap the second panel.

12. The computer device according to claim 11, wherein the first panel comprises a list of messages.

13. The computer device according to claim 12, wherein the computer processor is further configured to control the computer device to:

update content of the second panel based on selecting one of the messages of the first panel.

14. The computer device according to claim 11, wherein the first touch input comprises a slide gesture.

15. The computer device according to claim 11, wherein the second panel does not overlap the first panel after the sliding of the second panel to be partly outside the viewable area.

16. The computer device according to claim 11, comprising a tablet computer.