ITEM AND VIEW SPECIFIC OPTIONS

• US 20100138782A1
• Filed: 11/30/2008
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rainisto, Roope
• Application Number:
  US12/325,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138782A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method that includes detecting an activation of a selectable item, determining if the activation is one of a first type or a second type, and if the activation is of the first type, presenting a list of application specific options associated with an application view corresponding to the selectable item, and if the activation is of the second type, presenting a list of item specific options associated with the selected item.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting an activation of a selectable item on an application view;

determining if the activation is one of a first type or a second type; and

if the activation is of the first type, presenting a menu of application specific options associated with an application view corresponding to the selected item; and

if the activation is of the second type, presenting a menu of item specific options associated with the selected item.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each menu is presented as a pop-up window.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the selectable item is a title bar or a tab of an application content screen.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the activation of the first type is one of a tap, a long tap or a double tap, and the activation of the second type is different from the first type.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising, after determining that the activation is of the first type, determining functions that operate on an application corresponding to the application view, grouping the functions, and providing the group as the menu of application specific options.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after determining that the activation is of the second type, determining functions that operate on the application view of an application currently in use, grouping the functions, and providing the group as the menu of item specific options.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising after presenting the menu of item specific options, highlighting a corresponding selected item.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising that the selectable item is a title bar of the application view, wherein if the activation is a tap, the menu of application specific options is generated and if the activation is a long tap, the menu of item specific options is generated, the menu of item specific options corresponding to a highlighted selection item in the application view.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting that the selectable item is an item in the application view, detecting that the activation is a long tap, generating the menu of item specific options and highlighting the selected option.

17. A computer program product comprising computer readable code means stored in a memory, the computer readable code means configured to execute the method steps according to claim 1.

21. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a contact from a list of contacts of a contacts application, and if the activation is of the first type, a contact application specific options menu is presented and if the activation is of a second type, a contact specific options menu is presented.

5. (canceled)

11. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to detect an activation of a selectable item on an application view on the display;

a processor configured to determine if the activation is one of a first type or a second type;

a processor configured to present a menu of application specific options associated with the application view if the activation is of the first type; and

a processor configured to present a menu of item specific options associated with a selected item in the application view if the activation is of the second type.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising that:

the processor configured to present a menu of application specific options associated with the application view is further configured to associate and group functions that operate on the application view prior to presenting the menu of application specific functions; and

the processor configured to present a menu of item specific options associated with a selected item in the application view is further configured to associate and group local functions corresponding to the selected item prior to presenting the menu of item specific options associated with the selected item.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising that the processor configured to detect an activation of a selectable item on an application view on the display is configured to determine if the selectable item is a title bar of the application view or an item in the application view, and if the selectable item is the title bar and the activation is of the first type generate the menu of application specific functions, and if the selectable item is an item in the application view and the activation is of the second type, generate the item specific options menu.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising that each menu is a pop-up menu presented on the display.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile communication terminal.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a processor configured interpret the application view, identify functions that operate on the application view and identify functions that operate on specific items in the application view, organize the functions into respective groups of functions, and present each group in response to the detection of a corresponding activation input.

18. A user interface comprising:

at least a first selectable region in an application view, that when activated by a first input type, causes a menu of functions that operate on the application view to be generated and presented within the application view; and

at least a first selectable item in the application view, that when activated by a second input type, causes a menu of functions that operate on specific items to be generated and presented within the application view.

19. The user interface of claim 18 further comprising that the first selectable region is a title bar of the application view and the first selectable item is an object specific to the application view.

20. The user interface of claim 18 further comprising that each menu is presented directly from the application view.