Method and Apparatus for Performing an Operation on a User Interface Object

• US 20110157027A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rissa, Tero Pekka
• Application Number:
  US12/650,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells, associating an operation with a cell in the grid and in response to detecting an action on the cell performing the associated operation on the user interface object.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells;

associating an operation with a cell in the grid; and

in response to detecting an action on the cell performing the associated operation on the user interface object.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the dividing at least part of the user interface object further comprises determining a visible part of the user interface object and dividing the visible part of the user interface object.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the associated operation is dependent upon at least a type of the user interface object.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting an action on the cell comprises detecting a starting point of the action within the cell.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein more than one operation is associated with the cell and the method further comprises determining a type of the action.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the action comprises a touch on a touch sensitive display.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the action comprises a dragging gesture extending outside the cell.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein each of a plurality of cells in the grid is associated with an operation, such that any one of a plurality of operations may be performed by an action of the respective associated cell.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the action is a single touch gesture.

3-4. -4. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

11-12. -12. (canceled)

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor,

memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

divide at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells;

associate an operation with a cell in the grid; and

perform the associated operation on the user interface object in response to detecting an action on the cell.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein in order to divide at least part of the user interface object the processor is further configured to determine a visible part of the user interface object and to divide the visible part of the user interface object.

19. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the associated operation is dependent upon at least a type of the user interface object.

20. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein in order to detect an action on the cell the processor is configured to detect a starting point of the action within the cell.

21. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein more than one operation is associated with the cell and the processor is further configured to determine a type of the action.

17-18. -18. (canceled)

22-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells;

code for associating an operation with a cell in the grid; and

code for performing the associated operation on the user interface object in response to detecting an action on the cell.

30. A computer program product according to claim 29, wherein in order to divide at least part of the user interface object, the computer program product further comprises code for determining a visible part of the user interface object and dividing the visible part.

32. A computer program product according to claim 29, wherein the associated operation is dependent upon at least a type of the user interface object.

33. A computer program product according to claim 29, wherein in order to detect an action on the cell a computer program product comprises code for detecting a starting point of the action within the cell.

34. A computer program product according to claim 29, wherein more than one operation is associated with the cell and the computer program product further comprises code determining a type of the action.

31. (canceled)

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39. An apparatus, comprising:

means for dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells;

means for associating an operation with a cell in the grid; and

means for performing the associated operation on the user interface object in response to detecting an action on the cell.