User Interface Of A Small Touch Sensitive Display For an Electronic Data and Communication Device
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1. A method of using a communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
- receiving inputs corresponding to contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display and having a display area of less than 2″
diagonal;
determining whether the input corresponds to a contact gesture type, wherein the contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture, and a universal contact gesture; and
performing an operation corresponding to the contact gesture type.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for receiving an input by a user on an interactive touchscreen display based, electronic data and communication device, the input comprising a contact gesture, which further comprises touchscreen single or multiple simultaneous contacts. The contact gestures are classified as primary, secondary, tertiary, universal and non-universal contact gestures. The method further includes performing an operation or entering an operational mode based on the user input.
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1. A method of using a communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
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receiving inputs corresponding to contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display and having a display area of less than 2″
diagonal;determining whether the input corresponds to a contact gesture type, wherein the contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture, and a universal contact gesture; and performing an operation corresponding to the contact gesture type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In an electronic data and communication device comprising a touch screen display, a method comprising:
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detecting an input corresponding to a contact gesture, the device including a touchscreen display having a diagonal of less than 2.2 inches, and wherein the contact gesture corresponds to a signal received from the touchscreen, the device being in a default display mode; determining the input contact gesture type wherein the said input contact gesture type is at least one of a primary contact gesture, a secondary contact gesture, a tertiary contact gesture, and a universal contact gesture; determining an operational mode associated with the input contact gesture type; and entering into the determined operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A self configuring, interactive touchscreen display based, electronic data and communication device comprising:
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at least one of a single and plurality of accelerometers for detecting motion; means for performing an operation in response to a user input contact gesture, wherein the said user input contact gesture comprises at least one of single and multiple simultaneous contacts recognizable by the device, and each contact gesture corresponds to a predefined instruction to the electronic data and communication device for entering into a specific operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. In a communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, wherein the display comprises an interactive touchscreen display having a display area of less than 2.5″
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receiving an input corresponding to a contact gesture wherein the said input contact gesture indicates at least one of a single contact and a multiple simultaneous contacts; determining whether the input corresponds to a contact gesture type, the contact gesture type being at least one of a first contact gesture type, a second contact gesture type, a third contact gesture type, and a fourth contact gesture type; and performing an operation corresponding to the contact gesture type. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A self configuring, touch screen display based, electronic data and communication device wherein the touch screen display is coupled to a processor and memory, comprising:
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means for receiving an input via a contact gesture on the touch screen display; means for determining an operational mode to be entered into based on the contact gesture type; means for entering into the determined operational mode; and means for self configuring, wherein said self configuring is based on an accessory to which the device is attached. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A method of using a communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
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selecting at least one of a swipe input mode and a tap input mode; receiving inputs corresponding to contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display and having a display area of less than 2″
diagonal;performing an operation corresponding to the contact gesture type wherein; in the swipe input mode of operation where the home screen is the first icon on a non-continuous carousal, swiping left to enter into an icon mode of operation; in the swipe input mode of operation where the home screen is the center icon of a fully circular carousal, swiping right to enter into an icon mode of operation; and in the tap input mode of operation, tapping to get down an application hierarchy tree from a top single element of the hierarchy tree, down to an icon carousal.
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43. A method of using a communications and display device comprising a processor coupled to a display and memory, comprising:
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selecting at least one of a swipe input mode and a tap input mode; receiving inputs corresponding to contact gestures on the display device, the display device including an interactive touch screen display and having a display area of less than 2″
diagonal;performing an operation corresponding to the contact gesture type wherein; in the swipe input mode of operation, a down swipe to go further down an application hierarchy tree; in the swipe input mode of operation, an up swipe to go further up an application hierarchy tree; in the tap input mode of operation, a single tap to go down an application hierarchy tree from a top single element of the hierarchy tree, down to an icon carousal; and in the tap input mode of operation, a double tap to go up an application hierarchy tree to a top single element of the hierarchy tree, from an icon carousal.
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