Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices
First Claim
1. An advanced navigation system for portable devices comprising:
- an input component that receives user input, the input component comprising a pointing device;
a navigation component that facilitates navigating through content displayed on a portable device screen based in part on at least one of speed and location of the input component with respect to the content; and
a mapping component that smoothly transitions a current view to a new or previous view and orients the content and/or the view thereof within the portable device screen based in part on data received from the navigation component.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs, and/or any other hybrids thereof. In addition, such navigation can be performed while preserving perspective and context with respect to a larger amount of content. Pointing devices can also be used to navigate through content—the amount or detail of the content being dependant on the speed of the pointing device. Additionally, a semi-transparent overview of content can be overlaid a zoomed-in portion of content to provide perspective to the zoomed in portion. Content shown in the semi-transparent overview can depend on the location of the pointing device with respect to the content.
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26 Claims
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1. An advanced navigation system for portable devices comprising:
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an input component that receives user input, the input component comprising a pointing device;
a navigation component that facilitates navigating through content displayed on a portable device screen based in part on at least one of speed and location of the input component with respect to the content; and
a mapping component that smoothly transitions a current view to a new or previous view and orients the content and/or the view thereof within the portable device screen based in part on data received from the navigation component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 26)
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11. A method that facilitates advanced navigation of content on portable devices comprising:
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dragging a pointing device across content displayed on a portable device screen; and
orienting the content based at least in part on speed and location of the pointing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system that facilitates advanced navigation of content on portable devices comprising:
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means for dragging a pointing device across content displayed on a portable device screen; and
means for orienting the content based at least in part on speed and location of the pointing device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A data packet adapted to be transmitted between two or more computer processes facilitating providing suggestions to an online user, the data packet comprising:
information associated with dragging a pointing device across content displayed on a portable device screen;
orienting the content based at least in part on speed and location of the pointing device; and
superimposing a semi-transparent overview of the content over a more detailed view of some portion of the content while dragging the pointing device over some portion of the content.
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