Method of assisting user interaction with a touch-screen device

• US 20080104541A1
• Filed: 11/01/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Peter K., McDonald, Julie
• Application Number:
  US11/591,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20080104541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of methods of assisting user interaction with a touch-screen device are described. In some embodiments, the method comprises operating a touch-screen device under a responsive state, wherein a touch-screen of the touch-screen device is capable of receiving user input, displaying a first user interface having a first list of user selectable items, and receiving a user selection of an item of the first list of user selectable items. Additionally, embodiments automatically transition to and display a second user interface having an associated list of user selectable items corresponding to the selected item.

Claims

1. A method of assisting user interaction with a touch-screen device, comprising:

operating under a responsive state, wherein a touch-screen of said touch-screen device is capable of receiving user input;

displaying a first user interface having a first list of user selectable items;

receiving a user selection of an item of said first list of user selectable items; and

automatically transitioning to and displaying a second user interface having an associated list of user selectable items corresponding to said selected item.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one of a photos item, a communications item, and a multimedia item.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said multimedia item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a playlists item having another associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of configurable playlists.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said multimedia item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising an artists item having another associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all artists and a list of particular artists.

5. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said multimedia item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a songs item having another associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all songs.

6. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said communications item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a email item having another associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all emails.

7. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said communications item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a voice message item having a further associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all voice messages.

8. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said communications item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a voice and video message item having a further associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all voice and video messages.

9. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said communications item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising an instant message item having a farther associated list of user selectable items comprising a list of all instant messages.

10. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said photos item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a arrange by dates item having a further associated list of user selectable items comprising an ordered list of all photos by date.

11. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

if said selected item is said photos item, displaying an associated list of user selectable items comprising a print command.

12. An integrated user interface for a touch-screen device comprising:

a first user interface having a first list of user selectable items, wherein said first list of user selectable items, and wherein selection of a user selectable item of said list of user selectable items automatically transitions said first user interface to a second user interface having an associated list of user selectable items corresponding to said user selectable item.

13. The integrated user interface of claim 12, wherein said first list comprises at least one of a photos item, a communications item, and a multimedia item.

14. The integrated user interface of claim 12, wherein said first user interface is operating under a responsive state, wherein said responsive state is continuously ready for receiving user input.

15. The integrated user interface as recited in claim 12, wherein said first user interface mode is easily operable with one hand.

16. The integrated user interface as recited in claim 12, wherein said first user interface is configured to be easily accessible to a user assuming a standing position.

17. The integrated user interface as recited in claim 12, wherein said user selection is performed by a voice command.

19. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising:

displaying said first list of user selectable items comprising at least one of a photos item, a communications item, and a multimedia item;

20. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising:

receiving user input from a stylus.

18. A method for interacting with a touch-screen device, comprising:

functioning under a bootless mode, wherein said bootless mode is continuously ready for receiving user input;

displaying on said touch-screen device a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface having a first list of user selectable items;

receiving a selection of a user selectable item of said first list of user selectable items; and

automatically transitioning to and displaying a second graphical user interface having an associated list of user selectable items.