SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20090225042A1
• Filed: 03/05/2008
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barry D. Andrews, Daniel F. Zucker
• Original Assignee: Wake3, LLC
• Inventors: ANDREWS, Barry D., ZUCKER, Daniel F.
• Application Number:
  US12/043,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20090225042A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Systems and methods for enabling the use of multi-touch applications on touch screens configured to receive only a single touch input at a time are disclosed. Systems and methods for dual heap memory allocation are also disclosed. Systems and methods for meta-layer rendering for mark-up code on mobile devices and storage of the meta-layers is also disclosed. Combinations of the above systems and methods are further disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of performing manipulation of at least a first cursor and a second cursor using a device comprising a touch screen configured to detect a single contact point at a single time, the method comprising:

receiving a first touch input on the touch screen;

controlling a first cursor location for the first cursor with the first touch input;

toggling off the first cursor;

receiving a second touch input on the touch screen; and

controlling a second cursor location for the second cursor with the second touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a function with the first cursor location and the second cursor location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising toggling off the second cursor after the controlling of the second cursor location;

receiving a third touch input on the touch screen; and

controlling the first cursor location for the first cursor with a third touch input.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising toggling off the second cursor wherein the toggling off the second cursor comprises signaling completion of the controlling of the first cursor and the second cursor.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising delivering the first cursor location and the second cursor location to a multi-touch function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein toggling comprises receiving an input from a key being pressed by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein toggling comprises receiving an input from a microphone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a dual heap process on the client device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a meta-layer process on the client device.

10. A computer program product that performs a method for manipulation of at least a first cursor and a second cursor on a client device comprising a touch screen configured to detect a single contact point at a single time, comprising:

computer code that receives a first touch input on the touch screen;

computer code that controls a first cursor location for the first cursor with the first touch input;

computer code that toggles off the first cursor;

computer code that receives a second touch input on the touch screen; and

computer code that controls a second cursor location for the second cursor with the second touch input.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer code that executes a function with the first cursor location and the second cursor location.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer code that toggles off the second cursor after the controlling of the second cursor location;

receiving a third touch input on the touch screen; and

controlling the first cursor location for the first cursor with a third touch input.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer code that toggles off the second cursor wherein the toggling off the second cursor comprises signaling completion of the controlling of the first cursor and the second cursor.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the toggling comprises receiving an input from a key being pressed by a user.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the toggling comprises receiving an input from a microphone.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer code that executes a dual heap process on the client device.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer code that executes a meta-layer process on the client device.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein the control comprises a button.

20. The device of claim 16, wherein the control comprises an audio transducer.

18. A portable computer device comprising:

a processor;

a touch screen configured to detect a single contact point at a time; and

a control configured to activate a multi-touch mode for the device.